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Resource Number: 5BL949 Temporary Resource Number: N/A 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: Community Planning and Development; Ethnic Heritage / European 40. Period of Significance: 1908 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This house is historically significant, relative to National Register Criterion A, for its associations with the DeSalvo family, and with residential development in Louisville during the first half of the twentieth century. The property is also historically significant for its representation of this Louisville neighborhood's ethnic Italian heritage. The building is architecturally significant because it is one of the community's best examples of a wood frame side gabled dwelling, dating from the early 1900s. For these reasons, this property is eligible for individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This property exhibits a high level of historic integrity. Two additions to the rear elevation are more than fifty years old, and are architecturally compatible with the building's original construction.