Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1: Level II

5-K-17-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Major replacement of materials or architectural elements

Replace asphalt shingles on 9/12 hipped roof on main house, porch and porte cochere with galvanized "Classic Rib" metal roof in a bronze color referred to as "Bunished Slate." All roof ridges will be finished with a trim band, and the roof will be ventilated through soffit vents. Re-install existing guttering.

Site Info

Two-story frame with hip roof with lower cross gables and composition shingle roof. Paired and tripled two over one windows. Vinyl siding to emulate weatherboard on first story, vinyl shakes on second. Corner boards. Paired cornice brackets under overhanging eaves. One-story front and side wrap- around porch with extending porte cochere, square 10" to 12" columns, sawn wood balustrade with 2x2 balusters on 4-1/2" centers. Split-face block foundation. Minimum foundation height - 24". Height of first story - 9'-1". Height of second story - 8'-1". Slope of roof 9/12.

1) The house is considered to be a noncontributing structure within the Old North Knoxville (ONK) H-1 due to its construction date of 2005. The style alludes to a Craftsman four-square.
2) Changes to noncontributing houses are reviewed by the Historic Zoning Commission (HZC) to assure that they are compatible with surrounding houses and the contextural character of the streetscape.
3) As stated in the ONK Design Guidelines, historically, there were a variety of original roofing materials, such as standing seam metal or metal shingles, wood or slate shingles, large patterned asphalt or asbestos shingles, or shaped roof tiles of terra cotta or concrete. The historic roof colors would have been darker shades. Historically, standing seam metal roofing was occasionally utilized on 1920s Craftsman houses in some cities.
4) Today, the roofs in the ONK(H-) are nearly all asphalt shingles, which were a prevalent choice among homeowners beginning in the 1950s.
5) There are records in the MPC data base of the HZC having approved metal roofing (that is not standing seam) on 6 houses in the ONK(H-1) at the following addresses: 1410 Kenyon Street, 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, 1416 Fremont Avenue, 310 E. Oklahoma Avenue, 318 E. Oklahoma Avenue, and 244 E. Oklahoma Avenue.
6) Due to the roof of the subject house being hipped, it prominently displays the roofing material. The front and sides of the main house roof, including the porch and porte cochere roofs, are very visible in the streetscape,.
7)The proposed dark bronze color (as opposed to natural metal finish or brighter colors) will help to somewhat reduce the prominence.
8) The ribbed metal roof attempts to simulates the historically utilized standing seam metal roof, while 5-V-groove or corrugated metal roofing is only appropriate for accessory structures or rear porch roofs.