Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
7-G-15-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Approval with the condition that finalized specifications for a garage to be submitted to staff for approval.Applicant Request
Accessory structure- Construct 12x20 frame garage with asphalt-shingled pyramidal roof. Sheathed in horizontal wood siding. Painted concrete block foundation. Overhead garage door to haredware and configuration to create a side-opening carriage-house appearance. Roof pitch and soffit to be similar to that of main house. Material of door to be steel with untextured finish and with wood composite overlay trim, as per specifications approved by staff. Window specs to be approved by staff prior to installation. Approval conditioned on BZA approval for setbacks.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Queen Anne. (1899).
- Two-story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Cross-hipped roof with asphalt shingle covering, hipped dormers with wood shingles on side walls. Double-hung two-over-one windows. One-story wrap around porch with pediment at canted corner, dentils at eaves and round wood columns with Ionic capitals. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Two-story projecting bay on front elevation with diamond paned upper sash. One-story projecting bay on south elevation. Contributing
- Style: Queen Anne. (1899).
Applicable Guidelines
- M. AUXILLARY BUILDINGS: HISTORIC CHARACTERISTICS
- Auxiliary or outbuildings were often used in Old North Knoxville, although many of them have deteriorated or been destroyed over the years. Typical outbuildings would have included carriage houses, barns, outhouses or servants' quarters, built with steeply pitched gable roofs or combined gable and shed roofs, with weatherboard or board and batten wall covering.
- 1. The design of outbuildings such as garages shall acknowledge and suggest the function of original outbuildings that would have been located in the neighborhood.
- 2. The design of features like garage doors that face the street shall mimic carriage house doors from an era consistent with the primary building on the lot.
- 3. Garages shall be located to the rear of the primary building on the lot.
- 4. Materials used in constructing outbuildings or accessory buildings may only use materials and design characteristics selected from the following list: wood lap siding with a four-inch lap or board and batten; overhanging eaves; exposed rafter tails; wood windows; masonry but not exposed concrete block or split-face block; garage doors appearing to be carriage doors or plank doors with reinforcing trim.
Meeting Date
July 16, 2015
COA Expires July 21, 2018
Old North Knoxville H-1
1325 Armstrong Ave 37917
Applicant / Owner
