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Resource Number: 5BL961.1 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 4 of 5) VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: Yes No xx Date of Designation: n/a 38. Applicable National Register Criteria xx A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; z xx C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield information important in history or prehistory; Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual). Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria. 39. Area(s) of Significance: Community Planning and Development; Ethnic Heritage - European 40. Period of Significance:ca. 1890-1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance Built circa 1890,this small residence is historically and architecturally significant for its association with Louisville's early development as a coal mining community. Platted in 1878, and incorporated four years later, Louisville evolved as a result of the effort to extract coal from Colorado's northern coal field. From the late 1870s until the mid-1950s,Louisville's socioeconomic development was closely aligned with the coal mining industry. Early owners and residents of this house undoubtedly worked at area coal mines. Architecturally, this house is a good local example of a relatively unaltered wood frame cross gabled dwelling dating from before the turn of the twentieth century. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This house displays an overall high degree of historical integrity. There have been no additions subsequent to the original construction. Alterations to the dwelling, including a shed-roofed patio to the east (rear) elevation, are minimal.