Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1: Level III

5-L-05-HZ

Applicant Request

Level III. New Addition

Construct new one story rear addition (on northwest elevation) with raised basement inset from side wall of historic house by same distance as original (since demolished) addition, brick wall cladding, parapet wall disguising flat roof and intersecting historic house below molded brick stringcourse, three double hung windows with sills that continue the line established by window sills from historic house, three rear facing garage doors, corresponding windows and entry door on northeast elevation.

Site Info

Lou Mar. Two story frame and brick with brick load bearing wall on first story and wood shingles on second story. Egg and dart brick belt course and molded brick belt course. Hip roof with lower cross gables and slate roof covering; front dormer with balconet. Heavy sawn wood brackets on gable on north elevation. Fanlight at attic window. Turret roof with fishscale sate shingle covering. Stationery and double hung one over one windows and some Queen Anne over one windows with stained glass in the upper sash. One story wrap around front and side porch with porte cochere and fluted wood posts with Ionic capitals on brick piers, turned balustrade. Second story porch on south elevation with turned wood posts on enclosed balustrade, and balcony at attic level. Two brick chimneys, one exterior end and one interior offset. Brick foundation. Square plan. Leaded etched glass in front doors. Designed and built by Swiss architect David Getaz, who also built Knox and Anderson County Courthouses.

(c.1910). Two story frame carriage house with vertical board wall covering. Hip and gable roof with asphalt shingle covering.

(c.1910). One story frame garage with board and batten wall covering. Hip roof with asphalt shingle roof covering.

Although some of the design details suggested by Mr. Eid were not adopted, applicant has modified the design to include a different cornice period, to refine the addition's intersection with the historic house, and to include a continuation of the line established by the window sills of the historic house, making the addition blend better with the significant design details visible on the southwest elevation of the historic house, which is visible from Harvey and, to a lesser degree, from Scott.