Downtown Tyler Building on the Market

TYLER – Smith County commissioners have taken action that could lead to the sale of the old Carlton Hotel in downtown Tyler. Public information officer Casey Murphy said the commissioners court authorized, at Tuesday’s meeting, the advertisement and receipt of sealed proposals for real estate brokerage services for the sale of the building. She said this is designed to gauge the public’s interest in the building at the corner of Broadway Avenue and Elm Street. Built in 1954, the building had housed county offices until 2013. The county rejected a $475,000 offer for the building a couple of years ago.