Historic Zoning Commission

N/A: Level II

11-A-10-HZ

Staff Recommendation

APPROVE Certficate No. 110110GEN. Proposed modification is in keeping with age and design of building, and will add detail on side elevations that enhances historic architecture.


Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair
Windows

Replace existing single pane of glass in casements on east (main floor), north (second floor), and west (main and second floor) elevations with diamond patterned leaded glass to fill existing openings.


Site Info

Queen Anne with Gothic Revival influence (1907)

Mary Boyce Temple House. Two and one half story brick with steeply pitched, slate covered cross gable roof, added east facing shingled, gable roof dormer on east roof plane, elaborate window trim, two story front porch with original, finely detailed wrought iron railing. Wood paneled bay window on front façade. Leaded glass sidelights and window at front entry. Tall, corbelled, paired exterior brick chimneys with circular chimney pots on west elevation, third, brick chimney on rear side. Calmes on upper sash of attic windows. Added one story concrete block addition on west elevation (c.1980), three story rear, west side brick addition (c.1935), and hyphen connecting to concrete block construction one story apartment building on east elevation (c.1950) with some Art Deco detailing have all been removed to return Mary Boyce Templehouse to original footprint. Added concrete block apartments to the west have been rehabilitated and separated from primary building, to creat a separate, freestanding building on the east, Art Deco in character.


N/A

Applicant

Brian Brian Pittman


Location Knoxville
623 W Hill Ave 37902

Owner
Brian Pittman