Historic Zoning Commission

Edgewood-Park City H-1: Level II

2-H-12-HZ

Staff Recommendation

APPROVAL to restore the house to original appearance as much as possible utlizing like materials to match those of the main house or are period-appropriate. Re-enclose rear porch with siding and roofing to match main block of house.


Location Knoxville
2106 Jefferson Ave 37917

Owner
Tina and Dorn Tina and Dorn Brinker

Applicant Request
Level II. Replacement/repair
Architectural feature; Doors; Material changes (wood, brick, metal, etc.); Porch elements; Roofing; Siding; Storm windows or doors; Windows; Other: Addition
Replace existing damaged asphalt tile roofing (damaged by fallen tree) with asphalt shingles. Replace deteriorated asbestos and remaining wood weatherboard siding to match original wood siding evident on the house.
Replace severely deteriorated windows (all) with wood one-over-one light to match originals. Fill in twin window opening on the west side of the house and create two new window openings of the same proportions, but spaced a few feet apart.
Repair existing original half-light over one-panel wooden front door which is somewhat rotted. If not repairable, replace with in-kind wooden door but with two vertical panels below the half-light.
Replace/replicate the porch design utilizing asphalt shingles. Replace late-added battered stone porch columns with simple Doric-style round-in-section porch columns, similar to the middle porch column at 2306 Jefferson .
Reconstruct exterior wall framing of former rear screened porch damaged by fallen tree to create enclosed rear addition (not visible from r-o-w). The rear porch had been previously enclosed and the damaged wallboard has been removed as indicated by the submitted photos. Sheath rear addition walls with horizontal wood siding to match original on main house and construct shed roof sheathed with asphalt shingles. Construct foundation with distressed brick for rear addition.

Folk Victorian (c. 1905)
    One-story frame with asbestos siding and asphalt tile roofing. L-shaped plan with side-gabled main roof and intersecting front gable. Later-added battered stone porch columns. One-over-one double-hung windows. Two interior brick chimneys. Brick foundation with concrete slab front porch.
Applicant

Tina and Dorn Tina and Dorn Brinker - Gibson Gibson


Case History