Staff recommends approval with the conditions that 1) a section detail through the proposed wooden trim on the wainscot on the rear be provided to show the relationship of the trim to the beadboard below and the horizontal wood siding above; and 2) the size of the proposed casement window on the rear north side be provided.
WORK ON MAIN HOUSE BLOCK
The fiberglass shingle siding will be removed and the old wood lap siding restored. The front has shake siding in the gable and sawn wood vent which will be repaired and restored. The front porch will be restored with beadboard ceiling, and the non-original metal scrollwork supports and balustrade will be replaced with turned wooden posts to match the engaged post existing on the house and a turned balustrade to match that of the adjacent north sister house (but with 1.85" balusters.) Additionally, both front and rear doors are fiberglass and would be replaced by solid wood half-lite doors, Woodgrain model 567, which approximates style of the retained interior doors and matches the adjacent north sister house.
WORK ON REAR ADDITION
Replace existing 26"x52" metal windows in the rear porch enclosure with 4 double-hung 1/1 wood windows at 26"x58" to create a sunporch appearance (Jeld Wen W-2500). Replacement back door to be full wood half-lite. An additional window is proposed on the western side of the enclosure-- a wood casement window (Jeld Wen W-4500) with a 1/1 appearance at approximately the same dimrensions of the other proposed windows and sized to meet egress requirements. The beadboard wainscotting on the bottom portion of the porch would be 1x6 nominal size with each strip actually being 2'-6". A simple flat wooden trim piece will separate the wainscot from the siding on the top portion.
One-story frame with hipped roof with cross gables. Asbestos shingled wallcovering. Asphalt shingle roof covering and imbricated wood shingles in gable ends. Double-hung one-over-one windows with cottage window on front façade. One-story one-half front porch with replacement metal roof supports. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. Projecting bay on north elevation. (Contributing)
1) The c. 1910 Queen Anne cottage is a contributing property in the Old North Knoxville Historic District Overlay and the National Register District.
2) All historic wooden materials remaining on the house will be repaired and restored.
3) Both the front and rear doors, which are currently fiberglass, would be replaced by solid half-lite doors with wood panels below, which is an appropriate style for the era. These doors will reflect the panel pattern of the original doors retained on the interior.
4) There is physical evidence as to the original design of the porch posts and balustrade in the existing engaged turned post on the house sufficient to simulate the new posts and balusters. The current metal porch roof supports and balustrade have no historic significance.
5) The hipped roof porch on the rear was enclosed at a late date and is not historically significant.
6) Replacing the metal storm-type windows with wood double-hung windows that are 6 inches taller, and adding a wooden beadboard waincotting will create a more appropriate sunporch appearance. The 1/1 window style will not replicate the 2/2 original windows, with the difference signifying that the porch enclosure is a later modification to the house. The taller windows are more proportionately appropriate and the 1/1 lights are more typical of a sunporch.
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