Level II: Old North Knoxville H
9-B-21-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the work as submitted, with the condition that applicant submit final specifications for column replacements (including capitals and bases, as necessary) to staff to ensure the new elements reflect existing in size, design, texture, and finish.Applicant Request
Porch- Porch rehabilitation project.
- Flooring: replacement of wood tongue-and-groove flooring with wood tongue-and-groove porch flooring.
- Columns: replacement of four round wood columns with four round fiberglass columns. Applicant will select replacement columns with diameter (approximately 10" at base), height (96"), and general design to match existing columns. Replacement columns will use square bases and Tuscan capitals to match existing.
- Porch stairs: removal of existing wood handrail and wood flooring overlay on concrete steps. Existing steps are 5.5' wide and will be extended to 10' wide, spanning the width of the two rightmost columns. The steps will be flanked by two 13" thick cheek walls, constructed of brick and clad in plaster to match the existing stuccoed foundation. The cheek walls will be as tall as the porch foundation (approximately 24" tall).
- CONDITION OF APPROVAL from 9/16/2021 HZC MEETING: 1) applicant submit to final specifications for column replacements (including capitals and bases, as necessary) to staff to ensure the new elements reflect existing in size, design, texture, and finish. Replacement columns to match specs submitted 8/1/22.
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Modfiied Queen Anne, c, 1910
- Two-story frame residence featuring a hipped roof with lower cross gables extending toward the front and rear, clad in asphalt shingles. Property features wood siding and a brick foundation. One-story porch extends full length of the façade and features flat roof, wide cornices, and round wood columns. Façade windows are two-over-two double-hung wood sash with wood trim. Front gable features wood fishtail shingles, a round louvered vent, and decorative gable trim.
- Style: Modfiied Queen Anne, c, 1910
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- C. Porches
- 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or may replicate 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.
- E. Wood
- 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.
- 6. Wood features that are important in defining the overall historic character of the building shall not be removed.
- 7. Replace only deteriorated wood. Reconstructed 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.
- SOI Standards for Rehabilitation
- 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 in design, color, texture, and other visual qualities, and where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features shall be substantiated by documentary, physical, or pictorial evidence.
Meeting Date
September 16, 2021
COA Expires September 16, 2024
Old North Knoxville H
317 E. Oklahoma Ave. 37917
Applicant / Owner
