Union County Carnegie Library - Union, SC.
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The Union County Carnegie Library was the first Carnegie library built in South Carolina.
Waymark Code: WMQAGV
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2016
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Funding from the Carnegie Foundation was granted in 1903 and construction was done in 1905.
In 1985 an addition of 5,500 square feet was completed without changing the architectural integrity of the original structure.
The Union Carnegie Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the South Street Historic District.
The county has also added the Carnegie Library as part of the Union County Historical Trail. (
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In 2009, the Union County Carnegie Library was awarded the "Best Small Library in America.” by the Library Journal and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This County Library is a very nice, well stocked and well maintained resource for anyone to use in order to research something or just sit and relax with a good work of fiction, newspaper or magazine.
The Union County Library is located at:
Union Carnegie Library
300 East South Street,
Union, SC 29379
864-427-7140
Fax: 864-427-4687
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