Historic Zoning Commission
Individual H-1: Level II
2-E-14-HZ
Staff Recommendation
Approval for rear frame addition, enclosed steps to the basement, and parking and drive ailse as shown on the plan submitted 1-30-2014.
Location Knoxville
9320 Kingston Pk 37922
OwnerBill A. Bill A. Hodges - Franklin Development Franklin Development
Applicant Request
Level II. Construction of addition or outbuilding
Parking lot or driveway pavingA November 15, 2012 application was approved to reconstruct a rear porch on the east side based on design elements of front and side porches. During renovation planning since that time, it has become apparent that accessible bathrooms and an interior fire exit stair will be required for commercial/office use of the house. By reconstructing an enclosed addition on the rear east side of the house, these required features can be provided without altering the intact original floor plan of the house. The proposed addition will constructed within the original footprint, and the elevation design will be based on the submitted photo from August of 2007 that indicates wood lap siding and a multi-light window. The central exit door will closely replicate the other exterior wood paneled doors. Six-over-six wood double-hung windows will flank the door.
Additionally, the steps to the basement level on the rear of the house are proposed to be enclosed with a front gabled lap-sided structure. Roof shingles will match those on the house.
The drive ailse is proposed to be eliminated from the front of the house. This area will be grassed and landscaped instead as per site plan submitted 1-30-2014.
Staff Comments
Federal (1849)Two-story front section one- room deep, with a lower, two -story rear portion set at a right angle to the front section. A one- story brick wing with a gable roof and a corbelled brick cornice was added to the west elevation of the north façade c. 1859. Common bond six-course brick construction, and is topped by a gable end roof of standing seam metal. A brick foundation supports the house, which is topped by a corbelled brick cornice. Interior end brick chimneys with corbelling appear on the two story portion of the house; a newer modern brick chimney is located on the rear (south) elevation at the eastern half of the structure. Six-light wood double-hung sashes appear on all elevations, with the façade exhibiting a three-rank division. Arched brick lintels top the downstairs façade windows flanking the primary entrance, which is capped by a fanlight and flanked by several light sidelights. A fanlight also tops the entry on the west wing, which is accessed by a nine-light half-view door with bottom panels. A now demolished screened porch was located along the east façade of the rear ell.
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.
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.
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.
10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structure shall be done in such a
manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential
form and integrity of the structure would not be impaired.