Carnegie Public Library (Sumter, South Carolina) Explained

Carnegie Public Library
Location:219 W. Liberty St., Sumter, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.9206°N -80.3464°W
Built:-1917
Architect:Johnson, J. Herbert; Walker, N.G.
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:August 5, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:94000814

Carnegie Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina. It was built in 1916–1917, and is a two-story, brick Beaux-Arts style building. The front facade features four arched windows with limestone surrounds and the main entryway flanked by two Ionic order columns. It was one of the 1,679 public libraries built in the United States with funding from the Carnegie Corporation. The Sumter library was constructed with $10,000 provided by the Carnegie Corporation. It housed the public library until 1968, and afterwards housed a local genealogical society.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katherine H. Richardson . Carnegie Public Library. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1993 . pdf . 2014-07-01.
  2. Web site: Carnegie Public Library, Sumter County (219 W. Liberty St., Sumter). National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 2014-07-01.