Level I/II: Old North Knoxville H
7-A-21-HZ
Recommendations will be available 1 week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Request
Guttering; Porch; Siding; Windows- Level 1 COA issued 6/10/21: Repair, and replacement in patches, to existing wood lap siding and trim elements; dimensions, design, and exposure to match existing. Installation of new half-round gutters. Installation of new wood tongue-and-groove flooring on porch. Repair to remaining original wood windows.
- Level 2 scopes: Where necessary, replacement of vinyl and rotted wood windows with new one-over-one, double-hung wood windows. Installation of new porch support and new wood railing: new 6" by 6" square wood post to be installed at front left corner of porch, with a 2" by 2" square picket railing. Proposed new doors: half-light wood doors to be replaced with new wood doors to match specifications provided in application packet (multi-light, half-height window).
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Folk Victorian, c.1915
- One story frame residence with a cross-gable roof clad in asphalt shingle cladding. One-over-one, double-hung windows. Front porch was previously enclosed; enclosure was removed around 2006. Interior offset chimney. Stuccoed foundation.
- Style: Folk Victorian, c.1915
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- B. Windows
- 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.
- 2. If replacement windows are necessary, they shall be the same overall size as the originals, with the same pane division and the same muntin depth, width, and profile. They shall be the same materials as the original windows, which were generally wood.
- C. Porches
- 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or may replicate the original porch if documentation of its size and design can be discovered.
- 2. Design elements to be incorporated in any new porch design must include tongue and groove wood floors, beadboard ceilings, wood posts and/or columns, and sawn and turned wood trim when appropriate. If balustrades are required, they must be designed with spindles set into the top and bottom rails.
- D. Entrances
- 1. Entry features which shall be preserved include sidelights and transom of plain, patterned, beveled or stained glass, fan light windows and transoms, entablatures and the original doors.
- 3. It may be appropriate to design or construct a new entrance if the historic one is completely missing. Any restoration shall be based on historical, pictorial, or physical documentation, if available. It shall be compatible with the historic character of the building or with adjacent buildings.
- 4. A replacement entrance shall not create a false historic appearance. A new entrance in porch must be compatible in size, scale, and material.
- 5. Entrances must not be removed when rehabilitating a building; adaptation to new uses must include the original entrance.
Meeting Date
July 15, 2021
COA Expires June 9, 2024
Old North Knoxville H
224 Leonard Place 37917
Applicant / Owner
