Level II: E. Jackson Avenue H-1
9-H-17-HZ
Approved With Conditions
Recommendation
Approval of the proposal with the inclusion of design details for wood panels.Applicant Request
Doors; Material changes (wood, brick, metal, etc.); Windows- Reconstruct storefront that was removed from along sidewalk edge an recessed in more recent years. Proposed design to align storefront with edge of sidewalk based on photographic and physical evidence, and historic documention. Utilize fire-rated wood storefront framing and entry door frame and paneled bulkhead. Wood panels to be trimmed with quarter round. Glass transom to be re-created across storefront. Opening in storefront without door to remain in right end of storefront to allow for Knoxville Utility Board access to meters. Flush metal access door to electrical room to be added to left-hand side of storefront. See submitted drawings dated 1/29/2018 (elevations), 1/11/2018 (details).
E. Jackson Avenue H-1
- Style: Verncular Commercial (c. 1925)
- Two-story, two-bay, brick warehouse sub-type. It was originally used as a feed store, and later as an herb shop, cleaners, barber shop, and furniture store. Currently the owners are renovating it into an architectural and design office and residence on the second floor and retail space downstairs. The front façade appears to have been altered from a flush store-front façade to a recessed drive-in loading area supported by a brick-faced post. This is assumed because of the change of brick type and bond on only the front façade of the building. The first floor contains a diagonally recessed wood frame display window and entry door with garage door in the east bay. The west bay contains a set of double doors and an entry door to the upper level. The second floor contains several stylized Chicago style windows. (One central large pane with two smaller side panes, very popular during the early 1900's.) These wood frame windows have brick lintels and sills. Above this is a simple cornice with enlarged dentils. Separating the first and second floors is a simple wood cornice. Four skylights flood the second floor with light.
- Style: Verncular Commercial (c. 1925)
Applicable Guidelines
Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
See Guidelines- STOREFRONTS: RECOMMENDED
- The removal of inappropriate, nonhistoric cladding . . .and other later alterations can help reveal the historic character of a storefront.
- Designing and constructing a new storefront when the historic storefront is completely missing. It may be an accruate restoration using historical, pictorial, and physical documentation; or be a new design that is compatible with the size, scale, material and color of the historic building.
- STOREFRONTS: NOT RECOMMENDED
- Removing or radically changing original storefronts -and their features- which are important in defining the overall historic character of the building so that, as result, the character is diminished.
- Removing historic material from the storefront to create a recessed façade.
- Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
- 2. The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site and its environmental shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided.
- 3. All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged.
- 4. Changes which may have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history and development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized and respected.
- 5. Distinctive features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property shall be preserved.
- 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
September 21, 2017
COA Expires September 24, 2020
E. Jackson Avenue H-1
118 E. Jackson Ave 37902
Applicant / Owner
