The Cairo Commercial Historic District is a

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that was listed on the

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in 1994. It had 31

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, mostly on North and South Broad Street, but also on Railroad Avenue and on Second Avenue and one on First Street. with It includes: *Citizens Bank (c. 1908), 128 South Broad Street, a Neoclassical Revival building with a vault design *115 South Broad Street, a three-story building with paired stone

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*Zebulon Theater (1936), 207 North Broad Street, a two-story, brick building with

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influence *United States Post Office (1935), 203 North Broad Street, a

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building built with funds from the

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(FEAPW, a Public Works Administration forerunner). It has a New Deal mural, "Products of Grady County", by Paul Ludwig Gill. *Three, one-story brick warehouses (1909) on Railroad Avenue *Cairo Depot (c.1880), formerly the Atlantic Coastline Depot, which in 1994 was the Cairo Police Station, a stucco-over-masonry building with overhanging eaves, brackets, and a large

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. *W. B. Roddenbery Building where cane syrup was produced for Walter Blair Roddenbery's business originated by his father, Dr. Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery. Seaborn Roddenbery was the son and grandson, respectively.

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* Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Art Deco architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures completed in 1866 National Register of Historic Places in Grady County, Georgia {{GradyCountyGA-NRHP-stub