Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville:

4-F-00-HZ

Applicant Request

Add vinyl siding to existing weatherboard exterior wall cladding.

Site Info

Two story frame with weatherboard and sawn wood shingle wall covering. Steeply pitched hip roof with lower cross gables and fish scale shaped asphalt shingle roof covering, square wood louvered attic vents, and centered gabled attic dormer with sawn wood shingles. One over one double hung windows with Queen Anne stained glass transoms on front façade. One story three-quarter front porch with round wood columns and engaged pilasters with Corinthian columns, sawn wood balustrade. Interior offset front brick chimney. Stuccoed brick foundation. Irregular plan. Double front entry. Projecting bay on east elevation.

Attached is a letter from the applicant which notes that an estimate of siding repair and painting amounted to $15,000, while vinyl siding the house was possible for $5,800. If the wood siding repairs are not made prior to installing the vinyl siding, the deterioration of the wood and structural members could continue behind the vinyl siding; some portion of the total $15,000 estimate should be allocated to repairing the wood siding in order to get an accurate estimate of the costs of painting as opposed to installing artificial siding.