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Resource Number: 5BL961.6 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; Industry 40. Period of Significance: 1905 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This building is historically significant, relative to National Register Criterion A, for its association with early sustained commercial development in downtown Louisville. The building is also architecturally significant, under National Register Criterion C, because it is Louisville's largest example of a wood -frame false -front commercial building dating from the early years of the turn of the twentieth century. As a result, the building may be regarded as eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under both Criteria A and C. It would also be eligible as a contributing property within a potential downtown Louisville historic district. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: Although this building has recently been renovated to accommodate multiple retail and professional tenants, the renovation was designed to be sympathetic to the building's historical appearance.