10-F-06-HZ

Historic Zoning Commission

Individual Landmark: Level II

Staff Recommendation

APPROVE Certificate No. 92006GENA. Proposed changes are consistent with the era in which Old Gray was established and developed. Work items proposed for office building are repair and will not alter design of structure.

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Install street lighting system in Old Gray Cemetery; restore gatehouse.

Site Info

Gothic Revival with Victorian era embellishments. (c.1850, 1897, 1902)

Old Gray Cemetery, Office, Fence and Markers. 543 N. Broadway. (c.1850, 1897, 1902). The initial land for Old Gray Cemetery was purchased in 1850, with iron fencing installed at the original entrance on Cooper Street. In 1853, Frederick Douglass devised the plan for laying off the grounds. The cemetery is named in honor of Thomas Gray, the English poet who wrote Elegy Written in a Country Church yard. Additional purchases enlarged the original site until today, the cemetery is a 13.47 acre site. The porter's lodge, which now serves as the office, is Gothic Revival and was built in 1897 of Tennessee marble. It was designed by Richard Franklin Graf. Entrance posts built in 1902 are also marble and were designed by Producers Marble Company of Knoxville. Monuments in the cemetery reflect the era when they were designed. Old Gray represents the rural cemetery movement and depicts Knoxville's history and the Victorian era in Knoxville's growth.

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Applicant

Charlie Richmond, RAAECO

Location Knoxville

543 N Broadway

Owner

Cemetery Old Gray

Status