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Resource Number: 5BL8019 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 4 of 5) ....................... :.:,..ram ..t..>:. 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: ca. 1900 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This house was 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 was architecturally significant as well, under National Register Criterion C, as a representative example of a wood frame front gabled dwelling. Due to a rather substantial loss of integrity, however, the property should be considered ineligible for individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places. It would also be considered a non-contributing resource within a potential downtown Louisville historic district. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This house's original historical integrity has been impacted by alterations to the enclosed front porch, by a large porch and balcony built onto the east elevation, and by a large addition to the east elevation, which dates to circa 1950.