Carnegie Public Library (Sumter, South Carolina)


Carnegie Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	219 W. Liberty St., Sumter, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°55′14″N 80°20′47″W / 33.92056°N 80.34639°W / 33.92056; -80.34639Coordinates: 33°55′14″N 80°20′47″W / 33.92056°N 80.34639°W / 33.92056; -80.34639
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916 (1916)-1917
Architect	Johnson, J. Herbert; Walker, N.G.
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	94000814^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 5, 1994

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 after housed a local genealogical society.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Katherine H. Richardson (November 1993). "Carnegie Public Library" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
↑ "Carnegie Public Library, Sumter County (219 W. Liberty St., Sumter)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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