Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
6-N-18-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the proposal.Applicant Request
Doors; Windows; Other: repair rear steps and landing- LEVEL I
- Re-install original windows (found in the house) into original openings based on physical evidence and documentary photos. Replace plywood cladding with siding to match original. The rear steps will be repaired in-kind with sawn balustrade to match existing.
- LEVEL II
- Replacement of the existing exterior door and vertical siding on rear basement level with a painted steel Craftsman-style overhead door with side-opening appearance (specs as sumitted) in the original opening.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Craftsman (1921-1930)
- One-and-a-half-story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Side-gable roof with front shed dormer, knee braces and asphalt shingle covering. Double- hung six-over-one and eight-over-one windows with six-light casement windows in dormer. One-story three-quarter recessed front porch with brick posts on brick piers. Interior end brick chimney. Brick foundation. Irregular plan.
- Style: Craftsman (1921-1930)
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- B. WINDOWS p. 15
- 1. Original windows shall be reused if possible It will be much less expensive and much better historically to retain the original windows, and it is inappropriate to replace them with new windows that differ in size, material or pane division.
- SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS
- 6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced . . . Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical or pictorial evidence.
