Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

11-G-18-HZ

Staff Recommendation

Approval


Location Knoxville
800 N Fourth St 37917

Owner
Fourth and Gill Neighborhood Association - Gordon Coker Gordon Coker

Applicant Request
Level II. Construction of addition
Additions; Porch
Reconstruction of front porch based on documentary photographs and remaining physical evidence as per drawings dated 10-12-18 and 10-11-18. Columns to be either round or square.

Staff Comments
Queen Anne (c.1880)
    Two-and-one-half-story frame with aluminum siding. Asphalt shingle roof covering on hip roof with lower cross-gables. Replacement double-hung windows. One-story hip-roofed front porch replaced by shed-roof-covered stoop. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. (Contributing).

PORCHES: Rehabilitation and New Construction
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.

4. In new construction, the proportion of the porches to the front facades should be consistent with the historic porches in the neighborhood. Details such as columns, posts, piers, balustrades and porch flooring must use materials that present a visually and physically appropriate appearance historically.

Secretary of Interiors Standards:
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.
Applicant

Fourth and Gill Neighborhood Association - Gordon Coker Gordon Coker


Planning Staff
Kaye Graybeal
Phone: 215-2500
Email: contact@knoxplanning.org

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