Historic Zoning Commission

South Knoxville High School Historic Landmark: Level II

2-H-19-HZ

Staff Recommendation

Staff reccommends approval.


Location Knoxville
953 E Moody Ave

Owner
Rick Rick Dover - Senior Living, LLC Senior Living, LLC

Applicant Request
Level II. Major repair or replacement of materials or architectural elements
Additions; Awning or canopy; Windows
All original windows which are wooden12/12 double-hung will be replaced with 12/12 metal-clad windows with 12/12 simulated-divided-light (SDL) to match style and size of original. The gym clerestory and rear addition windows are not SDL and have no muntins. The original frieze band will be restored.

A replacement building for the collapsed 2-story noncontributing addition will be constructed upon the former footprint on the west (rear) side of the existing building. The new building will also be 2-story and have a generally flat roof (surface not visible). The exterior will be finished in brick and smooth-faced fiber cement board siding. The windows will be metal-clad 1/1 double-hung windows of the same size as the originals on the historic building.

A covered entry is proposed for the Tipton Avenue (south) side. The entry structure will be of metal contemporary design. The lawn and the medians of the school will all be re-landscaped with shrubs and trees.

Staff Comments
Neoclassical (1935-36)
    One-story red brick building with a raised basement. Constructed in a U-shaped plan, the building faces east with the formal entry centered on the east elevation of the building, at the base of the U-shape. The central entry is marked by an entablature with a full cornice return, with three doors flanked by engaged brick pilasters with Doric cast stone capitals resting on cast stone plinths. The entry doors throughout the structure are half view doors topped by transoms. Twelve -over-twelve double-hung wood windows with brick sills are found throughout the remainder of the building. The building is topped by a shingled roof, hipped at each end of the wings that form the U-shape. Dentil molding appears at the cornice line.

    The northernmost leg of the U-shape on the east elevation is marked by three windows that are twelve-over-twelve, divided by engaged brick pilasters with stone capitals in a Doric design and by squared plinths that rest on a stone beltcourse. The southern leg is also divided by identical brick pilasters, but has brick panels without the windows that mark the rest of the building.

    Centered on the south elevation is an unroofed concrete stoop that leads to a single entry door, recessed, and topped by a small light transom. On the north elevation is a similar centered entry, reached by a single flight of stairs from the sloping ground level terrain. There is also a single door entry at ground level on the north elevation, accompanied by smaller eight over eight double hung windows that lead into the basement of the primary building.

1. Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its environment, or to use a property for its originally intended purpose.

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.

8. Significant archeological resources affected by a project shall be protected and preserved. If such resources must be disturbed, mitigation measures should be undertaken.

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 a 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.
Applicant

Rick Rick Dover - Senior Living, LLC Senior Living, LLC


Planning Staff
Kaye Graybeal
Phone: 215-2500
Email: contact@knoxplanning.org

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