Historic Zoning Commission

Samuel Lackey House H-1 Overlay: Level II

12-H-16-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Construction of addition

Relocate existing rear wall of a non-original and noncontributing addition to raise the end of the current back roof by 1'-10", raising the last 7'-7" of the roof from a pitch of 4/12 to 2/12. The interior wall will be replaced with support columns on the interior to open to new addition (see floor plan). A total of nine wood double-hung windows and a pair of full-light French doors will be added in the center of the new exterior wall. There will be 3 windows to the north of the French doors and 3 added to the south on the back exterior wall to create a sunporch appearance. Below the windows a wood beadboard wainscot will be installed at ~3 feet in height. Three windows will be installed on the northwest side, and a single half-light door will be added to the southeast side of the addition. A wood stair with wood balustrade and landing with 2x2 balusters will be added to the rear center and southeast sides of the addition.

Site Info

The massing and extant detailing of this Queen Anne house suggest it may be a design by the firm of Baumann and Baumann Architects, which designed many house in the Fort Sanders neighborhood. The hip roof with lower cross gables is 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 the south end. The remaining two-thirds front porch is supported by square wood columns with Doric capitals. The foundation is brick, and an interior offset corbelled brick chimney is located on the rear of the house at the north side. A later, small flat-roofed addition enclosed with windows has been added over the front porch roof. A later, shed-roofed, full-façade addition has been constructed on the rear, along with a hipped-roofed back porch. Mr. Lackey was founder of Broyles, McClellan & Lackey Company, which dealt in farming supplies. He is buried in Old Gray Cemetary. (Contributing)

1) The house is designated as an individual landmark with an H-1 Overlay and is a contributing structure with the Fort Sanders National Register Historic District. Built c.1889, the Samuel A. Lackey House is signficant as one of the earliest structures in the Fort Sanders Neighborhood.

2) The essential form and 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.

3) The addition is proposed for the rear façade and will not be visible from directly in front of the building, and will be somewhat visible when approaching the house from the northwest.

4) The addition will not destroy any historic fabric given that the existing addition and porch are not original, and have not acquired any historic significance in their own right given the poor construction.

5) The wooden siding, wooden double-hung windows, and beadboard wainscoting are compatible materials for the era of the house.

6) In order for the rear addition to appear as the sunrooms that were typically added to the rear of this era of house, the proposed wood siding between the windows and each corner of the house needs to be replaced with wood panels to appear as paneled support posts.

7) The indicated lighting fixtures are not appropriate for the style of the house and lend a false sense of history.