Sylvester Local News

The Sylvester Local News is a historic newspaper company in Sylvester, Worth County, Georgia. It is the oldest business in Worth County. The paper's brick building was constructed in the 1920s was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on August 21, 1980 as the Worth County Local Building. It is located at 118 North Isabella Street.

Worth County Local Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	118 N. Isabella St., Sylvester, Georgia
Coordinates	31°31′38″N 83°50′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911 (1911)
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
Part of	Sylvester Commercial Historic District (ID87001153)
NRHP reference No.	80001269[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 21, 1980
Designated CP	July 9, 1987

The newspaper business was established in 1884 as the Sumner Free Trader. The paper later changed its name to the Worth County Local. It then became the Sylvester Local and it is now the Sylvester Local News. It houses a linotype machine and other printing equipment. The building is open to the public.^[2]

The building is also a contributing building in the NRHP-listed Sylvester Commercial Historic District.

In 2016 the entire archival collection of the newspaper was scanned and uploaded for public access by the Margaret Jones Library of the Worth County Library System.^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Worth County, Georgia