Level II: Mechanicsville H-1
8-G-14-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
Based on the findings above, staff recommends approval.Applicant Request
Architectural feature; Doors; Masonry repair/painting; Windows- LEVEL I
- Repair doors and exterior trim in-kind
- Repoint masonry according to Sec of Int Preservation Brief #9
- Repair cornice and wall caps
- LEVEL II
- Replace original deteriorated 1/1 double-hung wood windows with wooden or with aluminum-clad wood windows to be similar to original profile.
Mechanicsville H-1
- Style: Commercial Vernacular Flat Iron Building (1901)
- Known as the Prince Building, this two-story brick commercial building with segmentally arched 1/1 double-hung windows and brick corbelling, has the characteristic triangular shape called "flat-iron."
- Style: Commercial Vernacular Flat Iron Building (1901)
Applicable Guidelines
Mechanicsville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on September 20, 2011.
See Guidelines- B. Rules for Windows
- 1. Original windows must be reused if
- possible. It is much less expensive and
- much better historically to retain the
- original windows. It is inappropriate to
- replace them with new windows that differ
- in size, material, or pane division.
- 2. If replacement windows are necessary, they
- must be the same overall size as the originals
- with the same pane division and the same
- muntin depth, width, and profi le. They must
- be the same materials as the original windows,
- which are generally wood.
Meeting Date
August 21, 2014
COA Expires August 20, 2016
Mechanicsville H-1
1601 Western Ave
Applicant
John John Sanders, AIA - Sanders Pace Architects Sanders Pace Architects
Owner Tim Tim Hill - Hatcher-Hill Properties Hatcher-Hill Properties
