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Resource Number: 5BL8033 Temporary Resource Number: N/A Architectural Inventory Form (Page 4 of 5) VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: Yes No xx Date of Designation: n/a 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: Commerce; Ethnic Heritage / European 40. Period of Significance:ca. 1890 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This property is historically and architecturally significant for its association with Louisville's early commercial development, which occurred in support of the area coal mining industry. Platted in 1878, and incorporated four years later, Louisville was founded and initially grew as a result of the effort to extract coal from Colorado's northern coal field. Architecturally, this building is a good representative example of a wood frame commercial building, dating from before the turn of the twentieth century. The property, therefore is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This building has not had any additions subsequent to circa 1908. Its exterior appearance has been modified to some extent, though, by such changes as a large shed-roofed dormer on the east elevation. Nonetheless, the building still conveys a sense of its historic significance.