The following list of Carnegie libraries in South Carolina provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in South Carolina, where 14 public libraries were built from 14 grants (totaling $124,700) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1903 to 1916. In addition, academic libraries were built at 4 institutions (totaling $65,000).
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Public libraries LibraryCity ortown ImageDategrantedAt various times, Bobinski and Jones disagree on these numbers. In these cases, Jones' numbers have been used due to both a more recent publication date and a more detailed gazetteer of branch libraries, which are often where the discrepancies occur.GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Anderson Anderson $18,700 405 N. Main St. Open 1908–1971, now an arts center 2 Beaufort Beaufort $7,500 701 Craven St. Open 1918–1964 3 Camden Camden $5,000 1314 Broad St. Open 1916–1973, now a museum 4 Charleston Charleston $5,000 164 King St. Not a public library 5 Darlington Darlington $10,000 127 N. Main St. Open 1920–1988 6 Gaffney Gaffney $7,500 210 N. Limestone St. Open 1914–1972, now county offices 7 Greenwood Greenwood $12,500 Open 1917–1958, demolished in the 1960s 8 Honea Path Honea Path $5,000 318 N. Shirley Ave. Opened 1908 9 Kingstree Kingstree $6,000 135 Hampton Ave. Open 1917–2001, now a museum 10 Latta Latta $5,000 101 N. Marion St. Opened 1914 11 Marion Marion $7,500 101 E. Court St. Opened 1906 12 Spartanburg Spartanburg $15,000 Opened 1906, demolished c.1956 13 Sumter Sumter $10,000 219 W. Liberty St. Open 1917–1968, now the county genealogical society 14 Union Union $10,000 300 E. South St. Opened 1905
Academic libraries InstitutionLocality ImageDategrantedMiller, pp. 38–40GrantamountLocation Notes 1 Benedict College Columbia $6,000 Replaced by Starks Center in 1937 2 Converse College Spartanburg $10,000 140 N Fairview Ave Open 1905–1951, now offices 3 Furman University Greenville $19,000 Open 1906, demolished 1961 after the university moved 4 Winthrop College Rock Hill $30,000 1898 Alumni Dr. Open 1905–1961, now the Rutledge Building, houses art classes and galleries
See also List of libraries in the United States
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Note: The above references, while all authoritative, are not entirely mutually consistent. Some details of this list may have been drawn from one of the references without support from the others. Reader discretion is advised.