Staff recommends approval with the condition that a fourth porch post be added to the right of the steps and that the middle post be centered in the remaining space. The step handrails are to be attached to the porch posts flanking the steps. The post to the left of the steps is to be an engaged or half-post. The rear deck is approved contingent on the size being provided.
Reconstruct frame front porch based on a design common to similar houses. The balustrade is to be 36 inches high and comprises 2x2 nominally sized square pickets and square porch posts with beveled trim at the top and bottom and on the handrail. The wooden deck will have a 36-inch balustrade with the balusters set into the top and bottom rail or with the ends sandwiched between 1x4 trim. The chimney stack will be replace with a replica to create non-working chimney and stuccoed as is the existing. The non-original front door is proposed to be replaced with vintage or new half-light with horizontal panels below as shown in the drawings submitted for this meeting. The weatherboard siding will be repaired or replaced in-kind as needed and 3.5-inch corner boards will be added. A Velux fixed curb-mount skylight is proposed centered on the rear of the hipped roof at 22.5"x34.5" in size.
Two-story frame with aluminum siding. Hip roof with asphalt shingles. One-over-one double hung windows. The former one-story three-quarter front porch with wood columns and Doric capitals has been removed and is proposed to be reconstructed in 2018. Exterior end brick chimney. Brick foundation. Irregular plan. (Contributing)
1) The house is a contributing structure in the Old North Knoxville H-1 Overlay and the National Register Historic District.
2) The proposed hipped roof and three-quarter porch design is typical of other hipped roof Queen Ann cottages with the same façade. A change of materials on the front façade indicates the extend of the porch to toward the left side of the house.
3) The wooden materials including tongue-and-groove flooring, beadboard ceiling and asphalt shingles are appropriate.
4) The 2x2 nominally sized square pickets and square porch posts are appropriate since the original design is unknown.
5) The existing front door is non-original and inappropriate. The proposed half-light front door with panels below is typical of and appropriate for the style and period of the house, based on similar houses on the street.
6) The deck on the rear will be visible from the right-of-way since the lot is a corner lot, but will be constructed appropriately with the pickets set into the top and bottom rails with a 36-inch overall height for th balustrade.
7) The existing windows are proposed to be repaired and retaine. The window on the front porch which is missing. This opening will be filled with a 2/2 wooden double-hung window to match the size of those existing on the house.
8) The proposed skylight centered on the rear of the hipped roof. It will be visible from the right-of-way of N. Fourth since this is a corner lot, but there is precedent for approving smaller skylights on rear face of roofs even though it will be visible. Skylights have not been approved in situations where they can be seen from the front.
9) The Queen Ann cottages in the districts typcially have an engaged (half post) and a full post flanking the steps. The post to the left of the steps should be an engaged or half-post. A fourth porch post should be added to the right of the steps and a middle post should be centered in the remaining space. The step handrails should be attached to the porch posts flanking the steps in order to the porch design to be more typical for this style of house.
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