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Resource Number: 5BL8211 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 4 of 5) VI. SIGNIFICANCE 37. Local landmark designation: Yes No xx Date of Designation: nla 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; Industry; Ethnic Heritage / European 40. Period of Significance: ca. 1940 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance The two cabins at 801 and 809 Lee Avenue are historically significant for their association with regional coal mining activities, during the period circa 1940 - 1950, near the end of Louisville's coal mining era. The cabins, thus, may be considered eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A. The cabins are also architecturally significant, under National Register Criterion C, as notable examples of small front gabled cabins utilized as housing for coal miners. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: Although they are in just poor to fair condition, the two cabins at 801 and 809 Lee Avenue display an overall high degree of integrity. There have been no additions, and no noticeable additions, subsequent to the cabins' original construction.