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Resource Number: 5BL958 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; 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: Commerce; Community Planning and Development; Ethnic Heritage / European 40. Period of Significance: 1880 - 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 commercial and residential development in Louisville during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, and throughout the first half of the twentieth century. It is particularly notable because it is one of Louisville's oldest remaining buildings, and because it has had a long association with a single family. Accordingly, the building is individually eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A. The building would also be a contributing resource within a potential National Register historic district. The building's architectural significance, relative to Criterion C is more problematic to evaluate due to the removal of the false front facade in the 1960s. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This building's historical integrity was compromised in the 1960s when a business wing with a false front facade was removed. The building, though, still retains enough integrity to convey a sense of its historic significance, as an integral part of Louisville's built environment during the period of significance.