Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1: Level II

7-E-07-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Rebuild east chimney to original design; tuck point west chimney and brick foundation, using Preservation Brief No. 2. Construct rear deck not visible from Oklahoma. Replace asphalt shingles with asphalt shingles, install 2 steel turbine vents on roof, located below ridge and not visible from Oklahoma. Repair wood shingle siding, replacing missing shingles. Repair rafter tails, fascia and soffit, matching originals. Rebuild front porch with hip roof system, tongue & groove decking, square wood columns and bead board porch ceiling to conform to original dimensions and design. Replace windows (all deteriorated) with wood one over one double hung Marvin Windows or equivalent. Demolish rear enclosed porch and reconstruct rear porch, not visible from Oklahoma. Replace front door and north elevation door facing front with wood paneled half-view doors.

Site Info

Two story frame with added wood shingled wall covering. Hip roof with asphalt shingle covering and square awn wood attic vents. Double hung one over one windows. One story three-quarter front porch with square wood posts on brick piers (now removed). Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation. Enclosed rear porch. Irregular plan.

APPROVE rebuilding east chimney to original design; tuck-point west chimney and brick foundation, using Preservation Brief No. 2 (Masonry, pg. 22); demolition of enclosed dilapidated rear porch and construction of rear deck, not visible from Oklahoma (Entrances, pg. 19, D4); repairing wood shingle siding, replacing missing shingles (Wall Coverings, Pg. 20, 5, 7, 12); repairing rafter tails, fascia and soffit, matching originals, replacing asphalt shingle roof with asphalt shingles, installing 2 steel turbine vents on roof, located below ridge and not visible from Oklahoma (Roofs, pg. 13 A. 3, 4, 5); rebuilding front porch with hip roof system, tongue & groove decking, square wood columns and bead board porch ceiling to conform to original dimensions and design (Porches, Pg. 1, C1, 2); replacing windows (all deteriorated) with wood one over one double hung Marvin Windows or equivalent (Windows, pg. 15, B2); installation of wood paneled half-view doors on front elevation (Entrances, pg. 19, D3.