Historic Zoning Commission

Fourth and Gill H-1: Level II

12-I-04-HZ

Staff Recommendation

Structure has been substantially altered several times, resulting in a very narrow front porch that stretches across the width of the building; it is condemned. Applicants' intention will restore some of the historic appearance to the house.


Location Knoxville
809 Eleanor St 37917

Owner
Scott Remond and Rick Webster

Applicant Request
Level II. Replacement/repair
Deck; Doors; Guttering; Mechanical system unit; Porch elements; Roofing; Siding; Windows
Rework front porch, installing beadboard ceiling, tongue & groove flooring, and removing enclosed portion of north half of front porch, moving wall back to original position; repair and install original front door; replace vinyl windows with wood double hung, using one 66.75" x 53" on each side of front entry on first floor, and 38.5" x 37.5" on second story above front porch gable peak and using wood double hung windows throughout remainder of window openings; repair existing siding or, if not repairable, using 4" lap on first floor front elevation where porch wall is moved; repair and extend front porch brick balustrade to side; install gutters; install HVAC unit to rear of house; install rear deck (not visible from Eleanor); install front porch light fixture; repair or replace asphalt shingle roof covering with composition shingles, as necessary.

Altered Bungalow (c.1900)
    Two story frame with Masonite ship lap wall covering. Side gable roof with asphalt shingle roof covering. New replacement windows with arched transoms on first floor front elevation, and replacement windows throughout remainder of structure. One story full projecting front porch, narrowed by partial enclosure through moving front wall of house outward, front porch has front gable roof, exposed rafters, truncated splayed wood posts on brick piers, pierced brick balustrade. Two interior offset stuccoed chimneys. Brick foundation. Rectangular plan.
Applicant

Scott Redmond and Rick Webster


Case History