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Resource Number: 5BL8004 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: Community Planning and Development 40. Period of Significance: 1900 - 1950 41. Level of Significance: National: State: Local: xx 42. Statement of Significance This house is 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 building is also architecturally significant, under National Register Criterion C, as a relatively intact example of Classic Cottage style house. The house's richly decorated front porch is particularly notable. The garage is a non -historic, non-contributing, building. 43. Assessment of historic physical integrity related to significance: This building's historical integrity has been compromised to a moderate degree by the addition of a canted hipped - roof bay window on the south elevation, and by a raised bubble skylight on the truncated hipped roof.