Historic Zoning Commission
Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II
11-F-16-HZ
Staff Recommendation
Approval with the following conditions:
1) The new gutters will not cover up the ends of the eave brackets (kingposts).
2) The masonry foundation of the proposed garage will be either smooth-parged stucco or distressed brick.
3) Submit specification for two proposed wood casement windows on new addition to staff for approval.
4) Samples for new matching brick or paint color on front porch to be submitted to staff for approval. Sample of quarry tile for front porch floor to be submitted to staff for approval.
5) Handrail on new side stair to be beveled or molded.
6) Fiber cement board, is utilized on the garage, to be smooth finish without faux wood-grain.
Location Knoxville
1210 Luttrell St 37917
OwnerScott Scott Branscom
Applicant Request
Level II. Construction of addition and outbuilding
Accessory structure; Additions; Doors; Guttering; Masonry repair/painting; Siding; Storm windows or doorsLEVEL 1 WORK
• Repoint and repair masony on chimney
• Install gutters
• Remove non-original and deteriorated wood stair and lattice enclosure at back door
• Install storm windows with frame to match or coordinate with trim color on house
LEVEL II WORK
• Replace late-added second front door with wood 8/1 simulated-divided-light double-hung window to match original
• Stain masonry on foundation of front porch to blend mismatched brick types; replace cracked stone front porch floor with quarry tile or concrete: Replace later, deteriorated brick caps on front step piers and front steps with tinted or aggregate formed concrete
• Partially demolish non-original rear addition and replace with screened-in porch and new rear addition as shown on drawings submitted for 11/17/2016 HZC meeting. Maintain existing floor and roof structure.
• Remove screen and framing from lower rear porch to become a covered patio on-grade
• Construct frame 12'x22'garage to rear of house as shown on drawings submitted for 11/17/2016 HZC meeting. Roof to be 3/12 shed roof covered in asphalt-shingles, with exposed rafters. Siding to be wood to match addition, with wood or fiber cement board at fascia. Doors to be carriage-house doors as specified in application. Foundation to be distressed brick or parged block.
Staff Comments
Craftsman (c. 1915)One-story frame with weatherboard siding. Front gable roof with telescoping gables, asphalt shingles, exposed rafters and king post. 3/1 double-hung windows. One-story full-front porch with one-half unroofed, brick balusterade on entire porch, truncated splayed wood posts with Doric capitals on battered brick piers. Original paneled door and sidelights at front entry and late- added entery on front that mimics original. Two exterior side brick chimneys with chimney posts. Brick foundation. Rectangular plan. (contributing)
ADDITIONS
1. Locate attached exterior additions at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building, limiting the size and scale in relationship to the historic building. Proportion is very important.
2. Design new additions in a manner that makes clear what is historic and what is new.
3. Consider the attached exterior addition both in terms of the new use and the appearance of other buildings in the Historic district. Design for the new work may be contemporary or may reference design motifs from the historic buildings. In either case, it should always be clearly differentiated from the historic building and be compatible in terms of mass, materials, size, texture, scale, relationship of solids to voids, and color.
4. Place new additions, such as balconies or solar greenhouses, on non-character-defining elevations, and limit the size and scale in relationship to the historic building.
7. New work should not appear to be as old as the historic building. Do not duplicate the exact form, material, style, and detailing of the historic building in the new addition.
8. New additions should not cause a lessening or loss of historic character, including the historic building's design, materials, workmanship, location, or setting.
AUXILIARY BUILDINGS
. . . Newer houses in the district might have had garages, with the same roof shapes and wall coverings, or with wall coverings that matched the primary building on the lot. It is acceptable to construct new outbuildings to the rear of lots on Fourth and Gill, with designs that respect the original designs.
G. Recommendations:
1. Buildings resembling servants' quarters or carriage houses, work buildings, or simple one story garages are appropriate to be constructed in the Fourth and Gill Historic District. Their size and construction should use materials that correspond to the original primary buildings on the lot.
SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS
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 when possible.
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.
9. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property. The new work shall be differentiated from the old and shall be compatible with the massing, size, scale, and architectural
features to protect the historic integrity of the property and its environment.
10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to a structure shall be done in such a manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the structure would not be impaired.
