Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 8-C-25-HZ, subject to one condition: 1) final door selection be sent to staff for review.
Applicant Request
Deck; Doors; Windows- Removal of wood multi-light casement window on the rear elevation and sections of brick masonry to create an opening to install wood, 12-lite French double doors with a wood transom window. Removal of secondary entrance on the rear elevation and installation of in-kind wood lap siding in its place. Scopes of work related to a new deck, screen door, and enclosing a basement screen were approved administratively on 7/30/2025.
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Craftsman Bungalow, c. 1926.
- One and one-half story frame with brick veneer wall covering. Side gable roof with rafters and knee braces. One-story full front porch with tripled wood columns on brick piers, brick balustrade.
- Style: Craftsman Bungalow, c. 1926.
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.
- 6. Windows may not be blocked in. They must retain the full height and width of the original opening.
- D. Entrances
- 1. Entry features which shall be preserved include sidelights and transoms of plain, patterned, beveled or stained glass, fan light windows and transoms, entablatures and the original doors.
- 2. Contemporary interpretations of stained glass or etched glass entry doors are usually inappropriate.
- 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 or porch must be compatible in size, scale, or material.
- 5. Entrances must not be removed when rehabilitating a building; adaptation to new uses must include the original entrance.
- 6. Service (rear) entrances may not be altered to make them appear to be formal entrances by adding paneled doors, fanlights, transoms or sidelights.
- 7. Secondary entrances must be compatible with the original in size, scale and materials, but clearly secondary in importance.
- E. Wood Wall Coverings
- 3. Replacement siding must duplicate the original. Trim and patterned shingles that must be replaced must also duplicate the original material.
Meeting Date
August 21, 2025
Old North Knoxville H
1428 Fremont Place 37917
Applicant / Owner
