Level II: Edgewood-Park City H-1

8-A-20-HZ

Approved With Conditions

Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the reconstruction of the two masonry chimneys, with bricks, mortar, construction methods, and detailing appropriate for the original design of the house.

Applicant Request
Masonry repair/painting; Roofing
    • Level I work: Replacement of existing asphalt shingle roof with new asphalt shingle roof cladding. Repair to rotten fascia board on rear, including installation of 1x8 new wood fascia board.
    • Level II work: After-the-fact review of removal of two masonry chimneys above roofline. Applicant will reconstruct two masonry chimneys, with bricks, mortar, construction method, and detailing appropriate for the original design of the house.

Edgewood-Park City H-1
    • Style: Eastlake, c.1880
      • Two-story frame residence with a cross-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles. Exterior features decorative fascia boards, fishscale wood shingles, beltcourses, and wood lap siding. Exterior wood stairs to second-story entry on right elevation. House most likely originated as George Barber design but has received many modifications, including full Permastone cladding in the 1970s and 1980s, and a City-funded rehabilitation in 1997.

Applicable Guidelines
Edgewood-Park City Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on July 29, 1997.
    • Roofs: The architectural features associated with a roof should be saved.
      • 3. Repair or replace roof details (chimneys, roof cresting, finials, attic vent windows, molding, and other unique features).
      • 4. Materials used in roofing existing buildingso r new construction shall duplicate the original roofing materials as much as possible.
See Guidelines

Meeting Date
August 20, 2020
COA Expires August 21, 2023

Edgewood-Park City H-1
1708 Jefferson Ave. 37917

Applicant
Jerry Jerry Hicks
Owner Declan Declan Marmion

Case History

Date Filed
July 15, 2020

Date Heard
August 20, 2020
Case File

Case History