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Design Review Board

Level 1: Minor alteration of an existing building/structure

7-A-14-DT

1) Recreate former entry door ("luggage doorway") (120a) on the front (north) elevation to the left
(east) of the pedestrian bridge. Remove the late, non-original brick and window infill from the
former opening and install a new doorway that closely matches the design of the main doorway at
the second floor main entrance. The door, sidelights, transom muntins and framing will be made
of wood.
2) Remove late, non-original wooden cross-braced double-leafed door (129A) from the rear (south)
east end, and install pair of true-divided ten-light doors to match the pair directly opposite on the
front east end of the building in the former freight area. The two existing wooden cross-braced
panels at the top of the entryway will remain, with a new two-light transom installed below to
match that existing on the front elevation.

Location
300 W Depot Ave
Applicant Request
1) Recreate former entry door ("luggage doorway") (120a) on the front (north) elevation to the left
(east) of the pedestrian bridge. Remove the late, non-original brick and window infill from the
former opening and install a new doorway that closely matches the design of the main doorway at
the second floor main entrance. The door, sidelights, transom muntins and framing will be made
of wood.
2) Remove late, non-original wooden cross-braced double-leafed door (129A) from the rear (south)
east end, and install pair of true-divided ten-light doors to match the pair directly opposite on the
front east end of the building in the former freight area. The two existing wooden cross-braced
panels at the top of the entryway will remain, with a new two-light transom installed below to
match that existing on the front elevation.
Staff Comments
This building is within the Southern Terminal and Warehouse (National Register) Historic District. The
doorway to be recreated was for freight shipment drop-off and where passengers would check their
baggage. Photo documentation of the doorways proposed to be changed has not been found so there is
no historical evidence from which to determine an appropriate design.

The terminal was updated at some point to include some Art Deco elements, such as the arched ground
floor doorway under the pedestrian bridge that leads to the second floor main entry. This doorway has
glass block in the sidelights and transom, a multi-pane wood door, and Art Deco inspired wood trim. This
same design was repeated in the ground floor doorway directly to the rear of the building and much of the
interior woodwork.

Though the Secretary of Interior Standards for Rehabilitation recommend against conjectural installations,
the proposed doorways could have logically been designed in this manner and will add design
consistency among the highly visible building elements on the front elevation (the Art Deco door is below
the pedestrian bridge and not highly visible from the street). The proposed "luggage doorway" has a
rectangular opening similar to the second floor main entry and the transoms on front elevation will have a
consistent design.
Applicant

The Southern Station of TN, LLC

Planning Staff
Mike Reynolds
Phone: 865-215-3827
Email: mike.reynolds@knoxplanning.org
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