People's Free Library of South Carolina


People's Free Library of South Carolina
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
People's Free Library of South Carolina, April 2012
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Location	Church St., Lowrys, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°48′16″N 81°14′29″W / 34.80444°N 81.24139°W / 34.80444; -81.24139Coordinates: 34°48′16″N 81°14′29″W / 34.80444°N 81.24139°W / 34.80444; -81.24139
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903 (1903)-1904
NRHP Reference #	82001520^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1982

People's Free Library of South Carolina is a historic library building located at Lowrys, Chester County, South Carolina, United States. It was built in 1903–04, and is a small, one-story, rectangular building with a single room. The building has a gable roof, weatherboard siding, and stone foundation piers. It features a wooden wraparound porch. The building was restored in 1976, and serves as a museum and community landmark. The library operated a traveling library service from 1904 until at least 1909, perhaps the first such service in the state.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Suzanne Pickens Wylie; John E. Wells & Reba P. Brooks (July 1982). "People's Free Library of South Carolina" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "People's Free Library of South Carolina, Chester County (Church St., Lowrys)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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