Level II: Fourth And Gill H-1
9-O-17-HZ
Recommendations will be available 1 week prior to the meeting.
Applicant Request
Deck; Porch elements; Siding- Install a transom window over the existing door -- a fixed glass, single-light, framed in directly above the door to bring the height of the door up to the height of the windows. The approximately 41 lineal feet of balustrade on the front porch will be refined with horizontal banding on the upper front and bottom that matches the dimension of the trimboards existing on the interior side. The proposed banding will conceal the beveled ends of the balusters. The current balusters are spaced 5 .5" apart and do not meet the current code allowing no greater than a 4-inch spacing between them. Additional balusters will be placed in between the existing.
- The former deck has been dismantled. Only the floor of the bottom deck remains along with two vertical members and a lateral which will support the metal roof to be used in the proposed screened-in porch. The non-original door opening to the former second level will be enclosed with siding to match existing. The screened-in porch is proposed to:
- 1) utilize the same footprint as the remaining lower deck: 11' deep x 14' wide,
- 2) be capped with a 5-V crimp metal roof attached to the side of the house on a ledger board, and;
- 3) will slope at the minimum required 3:12 ratio for a metal roof.
Fourth and Gill H-1
- Style: Queen Anne (c. 1895)
- Two-story frame with weatherboard wallcovering. High-pitched hip roof with lower cross gables, and imbricated shingles on front gable. Two interior offset side brick chimneys. Replacement 6/6 double-hung windows. One-story full front porch with late replacement deck-type balustrade and late -added sawn work between porch wood support posts. Two-story bay on front elevation. Irregular plan. (contributing)
- Style: Queen Anne (c. 1895)
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- ENTRANCES
- 2. It may be appropriate to design or construct a new entrance if the historic one is missing. Any restoration should be based on historical, pictorial and physical documentation and should be compatible with the historic character of the building and with adjacent buildings. It should not create a false historic appearance. Entrances should not be removed when rehabilitating a building, either in adapting to a new use or continuing a historic one.
- 7. Missing doors should be replaced with new doors appropriate for the style and period of the building. In replacing missing original doors, replacement doors should mimic doors typical for that architectural style, including materials, glazing, and pane configuration.
- PORCHES
- The individual design elements of the neighborhood porches - turned wood posts, railings and balusters, heavy wood columns, wood ceilings and floors reinforce the style of the houses. These individual details should be repaired and preserved, or replicated if good documentation of the original porch exists. Properly proportioned porches are important . . . in Fourth and Gill.
- 1. Repair porches on historic houses using wood floors, balustrades, posts and columns, or replace duplicating the original size and design. Reconstruction of the documented original porch is also appropriate.
- 2. Porches visible from a street may not be completely enclosed.
- SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS
- Each property shall be recognized as a physical record of its time, place and use. Changes that create a false sense of historical development, such as adding conjectural features or architectural elements from other buildings, shall not be undertaken.
