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Resource Number: 5BL8040 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 / Asian 40. Period of Significance: 1946 - 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 commercial development in downtown Louisville. The building is particularly important because it has housed one of several restaurants that have become an important part of downtown Louisville's commercial fabric. The building is architecturally significant, under National Register Criterion C, because it is downtown Louisville's only example of a Mediterranean Revival style building. Tulien's Restaurant should be considered individually eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, as well as a contributing property within a potential downtown Louisville historic district. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This building displays a high degree of historical integrity. There have been no additions, and no overt alterations, within the past fifty years.