Level II: Old North Knoxville H-1
8-H-18-HZ
Approved As Modified
Recommendation
For the reasons stated above, staff recommends waiving the guideline for wood tongue-and-groove flooring on the front and rear porches and allowing the painted PVC tongue-and-groove flooring product on both the front and rear porches. However, the PVC balustrade material needs more study to determine if it would have the appropriate appearance to replace a non-original rear porch. The applicant is not requesting to replace the front porch, but for the record, the PVC material is not an appropriate material with which to replace front porch balustrades on historic houses.Applicant Request
Porch- Replace the rotted non-original tongue-and -groove flooring on both the front and back porches with Aeratis or Azek composite tongue-and-groove porch flooring. Additionally, install the Azek or Aeratis railing system on the back porch ONLY, with top rail to be similar to the earlier one and utilizing 2x2 square balusters.
Old North Knoxville H-1
- Style: Queen Ann (1904)
- Two-story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Hip roof with lower cross-gables, asphalt shingle covering and imbricated wood shingles in gable. Double-hung one-over-one and two-over-one windows with stained glass window on south elevation bay. One-story wrap -around front and side porch with turret at corner with standing seam metal roof covering, round wood columns with Ionic capitals and turned wood balustrade. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Projecting bay on south elevation. Recessed transoms over doors. Rear upper-level porch. Garage under house with entrance facing the north side-street.
- Style: Queen Ann (1904)
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- PORCHES
- 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or maybe replicated if the original porch if documentation of its size and design can be discovered.
- 2. Design elements to be incorporated in any new porch design must include tongue-and-groove wood floors, beadboard ceilings, wood posts and/or columns and sawn and turned wood trim when appropriate. If balustrades are required, they must be designed with spindles set into the top and bottom rails.
- WOOD ELEMENTS
- 5. Wooden features shall be repaired by patching,piecing-in, or otherwise reinforcing the wood. Repair may also include limited replacement with matching or compatible substitute materials, when elements remain and can be copied.
- 7. Replace only deteriorated wood. Reconstructing in order to achieve a uniform or "improved," "new"appearance is inappropriate because of the loss of good historic materials.
- 8. An entire wooden feature that is too deteriorated to repair or is completely missing shall be replaced in kind. If features are replaced, the materials they are made from shall 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
- 6. Deteriorated historic features shall be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature shall match the old design, color, texture, and other visual qualities and, where possible, materials. Replacement or missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical or pictorial evidence.
Meeting Date
August 16, 2018
COA Expires June 22, 2024
Old North Knoxville H-1
240 E Scott Ave 37916
Applicant / Owner
