Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1:

5-A-03-HZ

Applicant Request

Replace trim and siding as necessary, matching original; point chimney using low Portland content mortar; replace roof covering, which is slate with roll roofing, with a composition shingle colored like slate.

Site Info

One and one-half story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Steeply pitched hip roof with lower cross gables and asphalt roll roofing, decorative sawn wood shingles in gable. Double hung one over one windows. One story three-quarter front porch with wood posts with Ionic capitals on brick piers, sawn wood balustrade. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Concrete block foundation. Irregular plan. Recessed transom and flush sidelights with apron at front entry. Bay window on south elevation.

This property was described as having a roll roof at the time of designation. The roll roof was applied over the remnants of an earlier slate roof, which was missing, harmed by the application of roofing tar, and further harmed by nailing on the roll roof. Applicant is removing all roof covering down to the purlins in order to effect a sound roof installation. Although the slate roof did exist partially, there was not enough salvageable material to reuse for even partial reroofing. Commission is asked to RATIFY Certificate No. 41003ONK.