{"nrhp_refnum":"02000454","name":"Sylvester Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Approx. the jct. of Main St. and Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sylvester","county":"Worth County","state":"GA","lat":31.526755047500046,"lon":-83.83529817614823,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase and additional documentation for a commercial historic district in the core of downtown Sylvester, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia. It adds 14 buildings one block east of the original district and reclassifies five others, all dating from the 1890s to the 1950s.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criterion A for commerce, as the historic commercial center of Worth County, and for community planning, as a railroad town laid out on a grid in 1893. It is significant under Criterion C for its intact late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings, which show Colonial Revival, Commercial and International styles. Landmarks include the Woolard Hotel and the U.S. Post Office.","narrative":"Downtown Sylvester, the Worth County seat in southwest Georgia, grew up around the railroad and a town plan laid out on a grid in 1893. This boundary increase extends the existing commercial district one block east and adds 14 buildings. It also reclassifies five buildings as contributing after later facades and metal coverings were removed. The area holds one- to three-story brick commercial buildings with storefront windows, corbeled cornices and flat or parapet roofs. Notable landmarks include the Woolard Hotel, four attached two-story brick buildings from 1900 to 1910 with shops below and hotel rooms above. The post office combines Colonial Revival details with an International-style form and holds a cantaloupe-industry mural. A brick gas station in the house-with-canopy style is also included. The district is significant for commerce, community planning and architecture, with a period of significance of 1893 to 1951, and it shows how a small Georgia county seat developed.","period_of_significance":"1893-1951","architect_builder":"John M. Bullard, Builder; C.W. Hillhouse, Builder; Emil C. Seiz, Jr., Construction Engineer (U.S. Post Office); Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect (U.S. Post Office); Chester J. Tingler, Mural Artist (U.S. Post Office)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Commercial Style; International Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current uses include specialty stores, a department store, a restaurant, a fire station and municipal offices. Nonhistoric facades on the Woolard Hotel and several other buildings have been removed and the original features restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.133712-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/02000454.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000454/5f44482e28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000454/5f44482e28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"Blastoids, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvester_Commercial_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93210003","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Commercial_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7660775"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/worth-county/sylvester-commercial-historic-district-boundary-increase-02000454/"}