The Sylvester Local News is a historic newspaper company in
Sylvester
Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...
,
Worth County, Georgia
Worth County is a County (United States), county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 20,784. The county seat is Sylvester ...
. 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
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(NRHP) on August 21, 1980 as the Worth County Local Building. It is located at 118 North Isabella Street.
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.
The building is also a
contributing building
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
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.
See also
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References
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External links
Sylvester Local News website
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Worth County, Georgia
National Register of Historic Places in Worth County, Georgia
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Georgia (U.S. state)