Historic Zoning Commission

N/A: Level II

6-I-11-HZ

Staff Recommendation

APPROVE Certificate No. 60111GEN with modification. Proposed changes will return a more appropriate storefront and transom arrangement to facades of buildings.


Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair
Architectural feature; Doors; Siding; Windows

Rework of façade per attached drawing, reinforcing two bays of bulding, with recessed panels below storefront windows and transoms. Storefront divisions to respect two bays of building with paired storefront windows to right of each entry door, single window to left of easternmost doubled entry and additional single door to right of western entry, one over one second story windows.

Modified at 6/16/2011 meeting to add secondary transoms directly above all doors; westernmost door could have framed out transoms with wood panels instead of glass, if interior space requires.


Site Info

Vernacular Commercial (Altered), c. 1915.

Two bay brick veneer with recessed storefront in each bay, flat roof, with cornice and dentil molding at roofline. Tripled two part windows in each bay. Tripled window boxes below each window. Cornice at top of first story. Storefront windows with transoms and twelve light freight door in easternmost bay, paired paneled four light doors in western bay, and single six pane window at western end of building,


The installation of panels below storefront windows, with transoms above storefront windows and full view doors accessing each section of the building will return the building to an appropriate appearance. Suggested modification: Install additional transoms above paired entry and single entry, with two stacked transoms duplicating transom sizes and placement, above westernmost entry.

Applicant

Bradley & Paige Bradley & Paige Johnson


Location Knoxville
118 E Jackson Ave 37902

Owner
Bradley & Paige Bradley & Paige Johnson