The Sylacauga Historic Commercial District contains a collection of late-19th to mid-20th century commercial buildings representing more than 60 years of Sylacauga's commercial history. On December 1, 1886, the Anniston and Atlantic Railroad became the first railroad to come through Sylacauga. As a result, the Marble City Land and Furnace Company purchased 300 acres of land where they plotted a new commercial district near the new railroad crossing at Broadway and Fourth Street. Known as New Town, this commercial district developed during the 1890s, and the prosperity of that decade and the expansion of the railroad brought 20 new commercial establishments, including a hotel, livery stable, bank, blacksmith shop, saloon, hardware store, bakery, grocery store, barbershops, and drug stores. The core of the district is comprised of two blocks of North Broadway Avenue, originally named Broad Street, and three blocks of North Norton Avenue, bounded by First Street, Second Street, Third Street, and Anniston Avenue. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 2004.