Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
7-H-14-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends that newel posts be added to the inside of each of the two porch posts at the top of the steps, rather than installling double porch posts across the front of the porch. Staff recommends approval of hanging shingles in the gable end of the front projecting wing, and approval of installing wood porch flooring over the existing concrete floor with the condition that it be wood tongue-a-groove. Drawings of the proposed balustrade, posts, and shingles must be submitted to staff for approval before a building perrmit may be issued.Applicant Request
Material changes (wood, brick, metal, etc.); Porch elements- Level II: Replace existing metal scrollwork porch supports on front with pairs of turned wood posts with square bases. Add decorativewood sawn brackets to porch posts. Replace metal front porch balustrade with 2x2 square or turned wood balustrade with intermediate rail below top handrail to meet building code height. The paired porch support posts are proposed in order to provide a post to which the step handrails will attach at the top of the porch, while maintaining a porch post tight against the inside of the corner of the porch wall.
- Replace siding in front gable of projecting wing with wood shingles of a style to be determined. Cover concrete front porch floor with 5-1/2-inch-wide wood boards on sleepers installed parallel to the front façade. Face edges of porch floor with a finshed board and bullnose trim to conceal the edges of the boards.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c. 1910)
- One-and-one half-story frame with asbestos shingle wall covering. Hip roof with cross gables, asphalt shingle covering. Double-hung one-over-one windows. One-story two-thirds porch with replacement metal columns and balustrade. Stuccoed foundation. Irregular plan. Projecting bay on south elevation. (Contributing)
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c. 1910)
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- PORCH RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Rehabilitation and New Construction
- 1. Repair porches on historic houses using wood floors, balustrades, posts and columns, or replace duplicating the original size and design. Reconstruction of the documented original porch is also appropriate.
- 4. In new construction, the proportion of the porches to the front facades should be consistent with the historic porches in the neighborhood. Details such as columns, posts, piers, balustrades and porch flooring must use materials that present a visually and physically appropriate appearance historically.
- 5. Do not replace a wooden porch floor with a poured concrete or masonry floor. The concrete floor will change the historic appearance of the building, and can retain moisture that eventually damages the building.
- WALLCOVERING RECOMMENDATIONS p.14
- Rehabilitation and New Construction
- 2. Replacement siding should duplicate the original. Trim and patterned shingles should also duplicate the original.
- 4. Repair wooden features by patching, piecing-in, or otherwise reinforcing the wood. Repair may also include limited replacement with matching or with other compatible substitute materials, when elements remain and can be copied.
- 7. An entire wooden feature that is too deteriorated to repair or is completely missing should be replaced in kind. If features are
- replaced, the materials they are made from should be compatible with the original in size, scale, and material. Replacement parts should be based on historical, pictorial, and physical documentation.
- SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS
- 3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged.
