Historic Zoning Commission

Old North Knoxville H-1: Level II

7-J-13-HZ

Applicant Request

Level II. Replacement/repair

Level I - Repair rotten wood spindles & railing on upper deck as needed with like wood pieces. All materials to be painted.

Level II - Proposed garage to be sited in backyard, at top of driveway/parking area, 11 feet from west property line. Gambrel dormer to match house. Poplar wood siding; matching brick to house; salvage or new wood windows & doors; new wood carriage doors facing street (Evergreen Carriage Doors or like manufacturer); salvage carriage doors to face east (not visible from street); wood structural column shafts; dimensional shingles to match house; cedar wood shingles on face of dormer.

Column shaft - cedar, primed outside with prime and final coat inside; base & capitals - fiberglass
Carriage Doors - Door rails & stiles: Vertical Grain Douglas Fir, Door panel options: Cedar
Door design description: Olympic 3-lite with diamond brace, side opening - side hinged

Site Info

Two-story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Gambrel roof with asphalt shingle covering, recessed centered Gothic arch section in gambrel ends with wood shingles. Double hung one over one windows. One- story full front porch with round wood columns with Doric capitals and brick piers with lattice panels. Partial second-story balcony recessed under roof with recessed transom and sidelights at entry door. Two interior offset brick chimneys. Brick foundation with interlocking bricks at corners of projecting bay on south elevation. Irregular plan. Recessed transom and sidelights at front entry.

STAFF FINDINGS:

1) The design of the proposed garage dormer aludes to that of the house.

2) The proposed materials of wood, brick and cedar shingles reflect those on the main house. Based on previous installations in the historic districts, fiberglass column capitals and bases do not significantly differ in appearance from that of wood. (Note: Applicant states that the rep from meltonclassics.com recommends fiberglass column capitals and bases for exterior application).

3) The proposed location at the head of the drive in the rear corner of the property is an historically appropriate location for an outbuilding.

4) The front elevation of the proposed garage and doors facing the street allude to that of a carriage house that is contemporary with the house.

5) Carriage houses, which were used to park horse drawn carriages and related equipment typically had side-swinging entry doors. As motor cars replaced horse-drawn carriages, so too did the garage replace the carriage house. Beginning in 1914, the assembly-line style of mass production and interchangeable parts for automobiles was greatly expanded by Henry Ford. Given that 1914 is the date of house, it was built during a transitional period when an outbuilding constructed at the time could have been designed either as a hold-over from the use of carriage houses or as an automobile garage.

OLD NORTH KNOX DESIGN GUIDELINES (entered into the record in their entirety)

1. The design of outbuildings such as garages
shall acknowledge and suggest the function of
original outbuildings that would have been
located in the neighborhood.

2. The design of features like garage doors that
face the street shall mimic carriage house
doors from an era consistent with the
primary building on the lot.

3. Garages shall be located to the rear of the
primary building on the lot.

4. Materials used in constructing outbuildings
or accessory buildings may only use
materials and design characteristics selected
from the following list: wood lap siding with
a four inch lap or board and batten; a 12/12
roof pitch; overhanging eaves; exposed rafter
tails; wood windows; masonry but not
exposed concrete block or split-face block;
garage doors appearing to be carriage doors
or plank doors with x-bracing or perimeter
reinforcing timbers.

HISTORIC CHARACTERISTICS
Auxiliary or outbuildngs were often used in Old North Knoxville, although many of them have
deteriorated or been destroyed over the years. Typical outbuildings would have included carriage
houses, barns outhouses or servants' quarters, often more than one story stall and built with
steeply pitched gable roofs or combined gable and shed roofs, with weatherboard or board
and batten wall covering. Smaller work sheds were also located in the neighborhood. New
houses in the district might have had garages, with the same roof shapes and wall coverings,
or with wall coverings that matched the primary building on the lot.

SECRETARY OF INTERIORS STANDARDS

10. Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structure shall be done in such a manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the structure would not be impaired.