Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the work as proposed.
Historic Zoning Commission
Morton McCrary Motors H-1 Individual Landmark: Level II
11-H-19-HZ
Location Knoxville
835 N. Central St. 37917
Owner
Blueprint Group LLC
Applicant Request
Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements
Architectural feature; Awning or canopy; Deck; Doors; Masonry repair/painting; WindowsFull rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of historic Morton-McCrary building. To include replacement of ground-level infill wall and windows to appear in-kind with existing. New windows at upper level where historic photos show previous openings. Addition of modern canopy and screen wall entrance off Pruett Place. Addition of wood deck at rear of building in place of existing concrete ramp. Repointing and repair of brick walls and concrete structure.
Scope of work to include:
- Cleaning, repointing, and repair of the existing exterior brick
- Installation of energy-compliant windows to replicate the historic steel windows
- Installation of windows in historic fenestrations along Pruett Place
- Exterior, black, up/down lighting to be installed along north, east, and south elevations, centered on existing brick columns
- Repair as necessary to plaster and concrete exterior features, including pilasters, columns, walls, headers/sills, roof coping, and decorative elements
North elevation (fronting Pruett Place):
- Installation of multi-light new clear tempered insulated storefront windows with applied muntins on first, second, third, fifth, and sixth bays. Third bay will be enlarged to replicate size from historic photos.
- New ground-level entrance on third bay. To feature an asymmetrical flat metal canopy, exterior signage, a flush metal panel screen wall on the second story, and a recessed storefront under building cover.
East elevation (façade, fronting N. Central St.):
- Replacement of non-original, first floor, storefront systems with new aluminum storefront systems. First, fourth, and fifth bays to feature single glazed doors topped by transoms.
- Non-original garage door on second bay to be replaced by new storefront system to match
South elevation:
- Existing first-story windows to be replaced with 3' tall, rectangular transom windows
- Exterior plaster to be replaced with new EIFS system to match existing plaster
- On the recessed section, three new storefront entry systems, featuring glazed doors and transoms, will be installed to provide access to two-story deck.
West (rear) elevation:
- Removal of existing helical concrete ramp; replacement with a steel and composite wood-framed courtyard deck. Upper and lower levels of deck to be visually connected with landscaping and include installation of covered bike storage at grade.
- Secondary egress stair to be installed
- Two additional storefront systems to provide access to deck and egress stair
Scope of work to include:
- Cleaning, repointing, and repair of the existing exterior brick
- Installation of energy-compliant windows to replicate the historic steel windows
- Installation of windows in historic fenestrations along Pruett Place
- Exterior, black, up/down lighting to be installed along north, east, and south elevations, centered on existing brick columns
- Repair as necessary to plaster and concrete exterior features, including pilasters, columns, walls, headers/sills, roof coping, and decorative elements
North elevation (fronting Pruett Place):
- Installation of multi-light new clear tempered insulated storefront windows with applied muntins on first, second, third, fifth, and sixth bays. Third bay will be enlarged to replicate size from historic photos.
- New ground-level entrance on third bay. To feature an asymmetrical flat metal canopy, exterior signage, a flush metal panel screen wall on the second story, and a recessed storefront under building cover.
East elevation (façade, fronting N. Central St.):
- Replacement of non-original, first floor, storefront systems with new aluminum storefront systems. First, fourth, and fifth bays to feature single glazed doors topped by transoms.
- Non-original garage door on second bay to be replaced by new storefront system to match
South elevation:
- Existing first-story windows to be replaced with 3' tall, rectangular transom windows
- Exterior plaster to be replaced with new EIFS system to match existing plaster
- On the recessed section, three new storefront entry systems, featuring glazed doors and transoms, will be installed to provide access to two-story deck.
West (rear) elevation:
- Removal of existing helical concrete ramp; replacement with a steel and composite wood-framed courtyard deck. Upper and lower levels of deck to be visually connected with landscaping and include installation of covered bike storage at grade.
- Secondary egress stair to be installed
- Two additional storefront systems to provide access to deck and egress stair
Staff Comments
20th C. Commercial (c.1921, renovations c.1936)- Two-story commercial structure. Façade (east) is five bays wide, featuring metal frame storefornt windows on the first story and multi-light industrial windows on the second story. Bays are divided by engaged brick pilatsers topped by concrete coping. Decorative brick and concrete detailing is centered above each bay. A parapet topped by concrete coping extends the full length of the façade. The south elevation features a metal helical ramp, an exterior brick chimney, and multi-light metal windows. Rear (west elevation) includes two large massings, with the leftmost massing projecting further towards the southwest. The north elevation features exposed concrete siding, with brick veneer on the second story, and a series of multi-light metal windows of various sizes on the first story.
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.
3. Each property will 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 elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
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.
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.
3. Each property will 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 elements from other historic properties, will not be undertaken.
4. Changes to a property that have acquired historic significance in their own right will be retained and preserved.
5. Distinctive materials, features, finishes and construction techniques or examples of craftsmanship that characterize a property will be preserved.
6. Deteriorated historic features will be repaired rather than replaced. Where the severity of deterioration requires replacement of a distinctive feature, the new feature will match the old in design, color, texture and, where possible, materials. Replacement of missing features will be substantiated by documentary and physical evidence.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, if appropriate, will be undertaken using the gentlest means possible. Treatments that cause damage to historic materials will not be used.
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.
Applicant
Planning Staff
Email: lindsay.lanois@knoxplanning.org
Design Innovation Architects - Cody Rau Cody Rau
Planning Staff
Lindsay Lanois
Phone: 865-215-3795Email: lindsay.lanois@knoxplanning.org
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