Sylvester Commercial Historic District
Sylvester Commercial Historic District is a historic district in Sylvester, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It includes the Worth County Local Building which is separately NRHP-listed. Its boundaries were increased in 2002 to include some federally owned property. The expanded district included 65 contributing buildings and 16 noncontributing buildings.
Prominent resources within the district include:
- Sylvester Banking Company, which was Sylvester City Hall in 1987, 101 North Main Street.. It is a two-story granite Classical Revival style building, with Corinthian pilasters.
- First National Bank of Sylvester, which was WXZE Radio in 1987, 102 North Isabella Street. Neoclassical, with a metal cornice.
- Alford Building, 115-119 North Main Street. Largest historic commercial building in Sylvester. A Masonic Lodge once used the third floor of this three-story red brick Commercial Style building.
- Worth County Local Building, 118 North Isabella Street, separately NRHP-listed. Originally a newspaper office, its architecture is a vernacular version of Beaux-Arts architecture.
- C.W. Hillhouse Building, 125 E. Front Street. Originally a hardware store. Asserted to be "the best local example of a late Victorian commercial building." It has hooded second-story windows and "an elaborate metal cornice".
- T.C. Jefford Block, 106-108-110-112 East Kelly Street. It has four one-story commercial facades, two with original prism glass over their entrances.
- Sylvia Theater, 118 East Kelly Street. First movie theater in Sylvester. "It has a red brick facade with white marble geometric decorative patterns."