Historic Zoning Commission

Market Square H-1: Level III

3-N-13-HZ

Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends that installation of tranparent vinyl enclosures on storefront at 1Market Square be further reviewed by appropriate City departments.


Location Knoxville
1 Market Square 37902

Applicant Request
Level III. New construction of primary building(s) or deviation from guidelines
Installation of a temporaryclear vinyl enclosure under the awning to be occupied during colder months.

Italianate, Commercial c. 1876
    Peter Kern Building. Three story, three bay brick building with similar facades. Bracketed ornamental metal cornice. Segmental arched replacement windows. Ornamental metal window hoods. Ornamental brick string course between second and third stories. Applied keystones above windows. c. 1980 storefront. Entrance to upper stories on south elevation (407 Union).

    The first recorded occupancy of the building was by Peter Kern Co. bakers and confectioners in 1876. The building housed the Cole, Inc. Pharmacy from 1935 through 1965, and the upper floors have served as a small boutique hotel since the 1980s. The building is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places as The Mall Building, and is included in the Market Square National Register Historic District as well.
Applicant

Joshua Joshua Wright; - Architect's Wright Architect's Wright


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

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