Recommendation
Staff recommends denial of the proposed chimney demolition, and approval of repair and reconstruction of the rear chimney. Staff recommends approval of repair to the front chimney.
Applicant Request
Other: Chimney- Removal of brick masonry chimney on rear (southeast) roofline. Reconstruction of frontmost brick chimney from roofline, using existing bricks.
Old North Knoxville H
- Style: Queen Anne, c.1905
- Two-story frame residence with a cross-gable roof clad in asphalt shingles, an exterior of wood lap siding, and a brick foundation. Vertical wood siding in the gable fields, with a decorative bracketed cornice. Turret-shaped massing with a pyramidal roof on the right side of façade. Wrap-around hipped-roof porch.
- Style: Queen Anne, c.1905
Applicable Guidelines
Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.
See Guidelines- Roofs
- 3. Repair or replace roof details (chimneys, roof cresting, finials, attic vent windows, molding, bargeboards, and other unique roof features). Use some of these details in designing new buildings.
- Masonry
- 4. Identify and preserve masonry features that define the historic character of the building, including walls, railings, foundations, chimneys, columns and piers, cornice and door and window pediments.
- 5. Replace an entire masonry feature that is too deteriorated to repair.
Meeting Date
September 17, 2026
Old North Knoxville H
210 Leonard Place 37917
Applicant
Justin Eremita
Owner Gerald and Denise Rivers
