Historic Zoning Commission
Blount Mansion Individual H Landmark: Level II
1-E-23-HZ
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of Certificate 1-E-23-HZ, with final site plan revisions to be approved by staff.
Location Knoxville
200 W. Hill Ave. 37902
OwnerDavid David Hearnes - Blount Mansion Association Blount Mansion Association
Applicant Request
Accessory structureNew secondary structure (greenhouse) for Blount Mansion and Craighead-Jackson House complex. The greenhouse is proposed for the northeast corner of the property, east of the Craighead-Jackson house and the existing gardens. The greenhouse will be set at an angle aligned with the southeast property line, set approximately 5' from the north property line and 10' from the east/southeast property line.
The rectangular greenhouse will measure approximately 14'-4" wide by 20'-4" deep, with an 8/12 pitch gable roof. The greenhouse rests on an 18" CMU foundation, clad in brick, above a concrete turn-down slab. Primarily enclosed by large single-light glass awning windows on the walls and ceiling, the greenhouse is supported by wood four by four posts with decorative carvings. The façade features full cornice returns, wood louvered vents, and a centrally-located full-light door. A decorative ridge runs the length of the roofline.
Staff Comments
VariousBlount Mansion is a two-story, side-gable roof residence with an exterior clad in wood lap siding and a brick foundation, and two one-story wings extending from the side elevations. The adjacent Craighead-Jackson house is a two-story (with a basement) brick masonry structure. The overall property features reconstructed gardens and associated secondary structures.
1. A property will be used as it was historically or be given a new use that requires minimal change to its distinctive materials, features, spaces and spatial relationships.
2. The historic character of a property will be retained and preserved. The removal of distinctive materials or alteration of features, spaces and spatial relationships that characterize a property will be avoided.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction will not destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the property. The new work will be differentiated from the old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
10. New additions and adjacent or related new construction will be undertaken in such a manner that, if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic property and its environment would be unimpaired.