Historic Zoning Commission

Ft. Sanders NC-1: Level II

12-E-08-HZ

Staff Recommendation

APPROVE Certificate No 120308FTS. Proposed changes will improve the appearance of the building and the street, removing exterior fire stairs and reintroducing an open front porch to the building.


Location Knoxville
1506 Laurel Ave

Owner
Neely Realty Co. (Michael Harding)

Applicant Request
Level II. Replacement/repair
Remove enclosed front porch, projecting bay on mansard roofed front-facing dormer, and fire stairs on both side elevations. Rebuild front façade with original depth front porch with shed roof supported by square columns with bases and top molding, wrought metal railing on side elevations, and flat plane front wall of dormer with two windows. Paired entrance doors from front porch to each duplex unit, flanked by small rectangular windows on façade. Remove aluminum siding and replace with vinyl siding, exposing belt course on side elevations and using beveled siding of wider reveal, or material mimicking wood shingles, on top story. Replace all windows with appropriately sized windows. Incorporate covered deck at first floor elevation on rear elevation.

Altered Craftsman (1906)
    One and one-half story frame with artificial siding. Side gable roof with central gambrel shaped front dormer with projecting bay, asphalt shingle covering. Replacement windows. One story fully enclosed front porch. Interior offset brick chimney. Brick foundation. Irregular plan.
Applicant

Neely Realty Co. (Michael Harding)


Case History