Carnegie Public Library is a historic Carnegie library building located at

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Sumter County, South Carolina Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,556. Its county seat is Sumter. Sumter County comprises the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included ...

. It was built in 1916–1917, and is a two-story, brick Beaux-Arts style building. The front facade features four arched windows with

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surrounds and the main entryway flanked by two

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columns. It was one of the 1,679 public libraries built in the United States with funding from the

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. 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. It was added to the

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in 1994.

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Carnegie libraries in South Carolina Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Beaux-Arts architecture in South Carolina Library buildings completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Sumter County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sumter County, South Carolina {{SumterCountySC-NRHP-stub

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