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Resource Number: 5BL929 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 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; 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). xx Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria. 39. Area(s) of Significance: Community Planning and Development 40. Period of Significance: 1908 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This property is historically significant, relative to National Register Criterion A, for its association with residential development in Louisville during the first half of the twentieth century. The house is architecturally significant as well, under National Register Criterion C, as an intact example of a wood frame front gabled dwelling. The property's significance in these regards, however, is probably not to the extent that would qualify the property for individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places. There does not appear to be the potential for a National Register historic district in this area. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This property's integrity has been compromised to some extent by the apparent removal of a balcony on the east elevation, and by the construction of a large modern garage, which has impacted the integrity of setting.