9-E-23-HZ

Level II: Old North Knoxville H

Approved With Conditions

Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of Certificate 9-E-23-HZ, subject to the following conditions: 1) replacement columns to be 12-inch, tapered, round, and fluted, with a final specification sheet submitted to staff for approval; 2) capitals to reflect the Scamozzi design option, to better reflect the original capital design.

Applicant Request

Porch

- Request for alternative materials: applicant received approval in June 2023 to replace existing fluted wood columns, non-original capitals, and bases on front and side porch, which were extremely deteriorated from wood rot. June 2023 COA approved replacement columns in wood ["new 12-inch (before taper) fluted wood columns with square bases, capitals, and detailing to match the existing dimensions and placement (including two sets of three adjoining columns on the façade)"]. Applicant is proposing new round, fluted, fiberglass columns (PermaCast brand).
- CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL PER 10.19.2023 HZC MEETING: 1) replacement columns to be 12-inch, tapered, round, and fluted, with a final specification sheet submitted to staff for approval; 2) capitals to reflect the Scamozzi design option, to better reflect the original capital design.

Old North Knoxville H

- Style: Queen Anne with Neoclassical influence, c.1915
  - Two-story frame residence with a hipped roof clad in asphalt shingles, brick veneer cladding on the first story, and wood shingles on the second story, and a brick foundation.

Applicable Guidelines

Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.

- 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
- Wood:
- 6. Wood features that are important in defining the original historic character of the building shall not be removed.
- 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.

See Guidelines

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