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Resource Number: 5BL961.10 <br />Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form <br />(Page 4 of 5) <br />VI. SIGNIFICANCE <br />37. Local landmark designation: <br />Yes <br />No xx <br />Date of Designation: nia <br />38. Applicable National Register Criteria <br />xx A. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; <br />xx B. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; <br />xx C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or that <br />possess high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; <br />D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield information important in history or prehistory; <br />Qualifies under Criteria Considerations A through G (see Manual). <br />Does not meet any of the above National Register criteria. <br />39. Area(s) of Significance: <br />Community Planning and Development; Commerce; Ethnic Heritage / European <br />40. Period of Significance: 1900 - 1950 <br />41. Level of Significance: <br />National: <br />State: <br />Local: xx <br />42. Statement of Significance <br />This property is historically significant for its association with early sustained commercial development in Louisville, <br />in support of the area's coal mining industry. It is also significant for its association with Joseph Lackner, an <br />important individual who made important contributions to Louisville's socioeconomic development. The building <br />is architecturally significant as one of the best local late nineteenth century / early twentieth century commercial <br />buildings. <br />43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: <br />This building has had no additions following its original construction, and only minimal exterior alterations. It <br />displays a remarkably high degree of historical integrity. <br />