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Resource Number: 5BL961.7 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 4 of 5) VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: Yes No xx Date of Designation: nia 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; 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: Architecture; Commerce; Ethnic Heritage 1 European 40. Period of Significance: ca. 1908 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This property has been individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is historically significant, relative to National Register Criterion A, for its association with commercial development in Louisville during the first half of the twentieth century. It is also historically significant for its association with Louisville's ethnic Italian heritage, represented at this location by the Pellillio, Jacoe, and Tomeo families. The building is architecturally significant, under National Register Criterion C, as a representative example of a wood frame false front commercial building from the early 1900s. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This building displays a relatively high degree of historical integrity. There have been no additions within the past fifty years, the door and window placements on the facade have been, preserved, and the historic false front facade is still in place. The building is in good condition, and is being well maintained.