Staff believes that the basic architectural integrity of the house can be re-established; therefore, the burden of proof lies with the applicant to demonstrate that the structural problems and associated costs to address the problems warrant demolition (as stated in the Fort Sanders Design Guidelines).
Demolish H-1 Overlay residential building known as the Samuel Lackey House
The massing and extant detailing of this Queen Anne house suggest it may be a design of Baumann and Baumann, which designed many house in the Fort Sanders neighborhood. The hip roof with lower cross gables, including on the front, was covered in asphalt shingles. Original 1/1 windows and doors were present throughout the house at the time of designation in 1999. The windows are paired on the second level above the front entry. A one-story front porch with a hipped roof has been enclosed on one side. The remaining two-thirds front porch is marked by square wood columns with Doric capitals. The foundation is brick, and an interior offset corbelled brick chimney appears on the rear of the house at the north side.
1. Built c.1889, the Samuel A. Lackey House is signficant as one of the oldest structures in the Fort Sanders Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District.
2. The house is contributing within the Fort Sanders National Register Historic District as an example of the earliest Queen Ann structures in the area.
Mr. Lackey was founder of Broyles, McClellan & Lackey Company, which dealt in farming supplies. He is buried in Old Gray Cemetary.
3. The essential form and foundation footprint of the house is intact, although there is an inappropriate addition on the porch roof, artificial siding, and replacement windows and doors. All of these inappropriate changes can be corrected and replaced with appropriate materials, features and design. Therefore, staff believes that the basic architectural integrity of the house can be re-established.
4. The visible wall studs do not appear rotted, as are the floor and ceiling structures.
5. The house is heavily deteriorated due to large holes in the roof being left unrepaired by earlier owners. According to the submitted engineering report dated 10-29-2015, moisture has caused rotting of the roof structure and the ceiling and floor joists, as well as heavy mold and mildew throughout the house.
6. Vagrants have been living in the house, so it has been boarded up in places and the back porch has been enclosed with wire fencing.
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