Historic Zoning Commission
Kern's Bakery H-1 Individual property: Level II
12-E-15-HZ
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of this application with the condition that the location of the new HVAC units and the method of screening are to be provided for HZC staff review and approval prior to installation.
Location Knoxville
2110 Chapman Hwy 3902
OwnerThe Bakery Building, LLC - Dewhirst Properties Dewhirst Properties
Applicant Request
Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements
Architectural feature; Awning or canopy; Doors; Masonry repair/painting; Mechanical system unit; Roofing; WindowsThe project consists of the restoration of the historic Kern's Bakery facade. This will include the removal of a late addition concrete block garage and loading dock on the west (front) elevation of the building. The opening will be filled with a new garage door to replicate the original based on historic photo-documentation. This will return the elevation to its original configuration. The masonry will undergo general repair and re-pointing. Only painted brick will be repainted. The larger HVAC compressor that is closest to the building on the front will be removed and the replacement units will either be installed on the roof or to the side of the building and screened. The steel factory windows will be repaired and repainted in place. The panes will be replaced with insulated glass panes. New period-appropriate light fixtures will replace the existing non-historic light fixtures (see submitted spec sheet). Stonework on the facade will be repaired as necessary. The main entrance doors and transoms will be repaired in place. The exterior main entrance stairs will be repaired as necessary. The original sign over the front entry will be replicated from documentary photographs.
Staff Comments
Art Deco (1931)The Kerns Bakery building is a red, wire-cut brick building with a central pavilion of three bays that is two stories in height, with flanking one-story wings. Three central entries mark the first floor of the central pavilion; they are recessed and flanked by square brick pilasters. Each of the three doors contains a full light in a wood frame, with a segmental arched transom of eighteen small panes; the doors and transoms are flanked by small paned transoms. The entries are topped by sixteen-light metal windows with metal awnings, each of which has a decorative wrought iron grill. The entries and windows form units that are set into a smooth cut stone surround. Between the doors and second-story windows is a paneled cut stone section containing three recessed panels. These surrounds mimic the segmental arch of the transoms on the first floor. Flanking the central entry bay are bays that contain three windows on the first and second story; with windows also of metal, composed of twelve lights with a central six-light movable section.
SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS
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.
7. Chemical or physical treatments, such as sandblasting, that cause damage to historic materials shall not be used. The surface cleaning of structures, if appropriate, shall be undertaken using the gentlest means possible.
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.
11. If cleaning or rehabilitating the historic bread sign on the roof of the building, the recommendations in Preservation Brief #25 :"The Preservation of Historic Signs" must be followed.