Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1: Level II

3-F-15-HZ

Staff Recommendation

Based on the design guidelines and staff findings, approval is recommended.


Location Knoxville
1000 Thompson Pl 37917

Owner
Rebecca and Russell Rebecca and Russell Thompson

Applicant Request
Level II. Addition of materials or architectural elements
Material changes (wood, brick, metal, etc.); Porch elements; Storm windows or doors
Screen-in rear porch -- wood-framed, with lowest possible profile. Add simple-square framed wooden screen door with no embellishment to the west-end facing Armstrong Avenue.

Staff Comments
American Four-Square with Neoclassical influence (c. 1905)
    Two-story frame with weatherboard wallcovering. Gable roof with asphalt shingle covering. Double-hung one-over-one windows. One-story one-bay front proch and one-bay one-story side porch, both with truncated wood columns with Ionic capitals, sawn wood balustrade. Exterior front entry. Projecting by windows on north and east elevation, with north elevation bay being under front porch roof. (contributing)

PORCHES- Recommendations

2. Design elements to be incorporated in any new porch design must include tongue-and-groove wood floors, beadboard ceilings, wood posts and/or columns and sawn and turned wood trim when appropriate . . .

5. Porches and balconies visible from a street may not be enclosed unless the enclosure provides as much transparency as existed prior to the enclosure and is designed to be immediately removable.
Applicant

Rebecca and Russell Rebecca and Russell McCurdy


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

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