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Resource Number: 5BL8046 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: Architecture; Communications; Commerce; Community Planning and Development 40. Period of Significance: 1928 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This building is historically significant, relative to National Register Criterion A, because of its use as Louisville's telephone and telegraph exchange office from 1928 into the 1950s. This building is where Louisville's citizens could be connected by telephone, where news of fires and other disasters was disseminated from, and where the community first learned of such landmark events as the end of World War II. The building is also architecturally significant, under National Register Criterion C, for its brick masonry construction and Bungalow style of architecture. It is probably Louisville's best, and most intact, brick Bungalow residence 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This building exhibits an exceptionally high degree of historical integrity. There have been no additions and no noticeable alterations subsequent to its 1928 original construction.