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Downtown Sylva Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1900 (1900)-1964

Architect
  
Ellington, Douglas

Area
  
5 ha

Built by
  
Wells, Charles Marion

NRHP Reference #
  
14000545

Added to NRHP
  
3 September 2014

Downtown Sylva Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Southern RR., Main, Landis & Jackson Sts., Sylva, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Commercial Style, Classical Revival, Modern Movement, Queen Anne, Craftsman

Downtown Sylva Historic District is a national historic district located at Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 41 contributing buildings and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Sylva. They are dated between about 1900 and 1964, and include notable examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, Modern Movement, Queen Anne, and American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include the C. J. Harris Building (c. 1900-1908), New Jackson Hotel (c. 1920, 1926), Medford Furniture Company (1923), Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (1925), the Sylvan Theatre (1927) designed by noted architect Douglas Ellington, Jackson County Bank’s Sylva branch (1926), Cogdill Motors (1934), Moody Funeral Home (1946), Saint John’s Episcopal Church (1956), and the United States Post Office (1964).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

Downtown Sylva Historic District Wikipedia


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