Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1: Level II

10-E-10-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Install basement access door on south side of building, in raised basement wall, with slight (less than 1') excavation and step down to reach door. Door to be half-view.

Site Info

Two story frame house with weatherboard siding, hip roof with lower cross gables, ornate gable trim and brackets, bargeboard and window pediments, relocated from West Scott to vacant lot in Old North Knoxville and placed on stuccoed block foundation; construct L-shaped porch with stuccoed block piers and lattice inserts, duplicating shape of porch shown on historic Sandborn Fire Insurance Maps; removed replacement windows and installed one over one double hung wood windows appropriate to style of house; installed porch balustrade adapted from catalog designs of George Barber. This house is reminiscent of George Barber and thought to be a Barber design, although it has not been located in currently available catalogs of Barber's work.

The proposed entry is more than one-half the length of the house removed from the front elevation, and will not be obviously visible from Scott.