Kershaw's First Library

Kershaw's First Library is a South Carolina historical marker in Kershaw, Lancaster County, dedicated 2002.

Lancaster County · dedicated 2002 · N. Cleveland St., Kershaw, Kershaw

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This building, originally just south of Kershaw on what is now U.S. Hwy. 521, was built in 1900 for Capt. James V. Welsh (1845-1906) as the office for J.V. Welsh & Sons, a lumber mill. It later housed Kershaw’s first circulating library, founded by the McDowell Music Club, from its creation in 1934 until a new library was built in 1949. The building, moved to this site in 2001, serves as the office for the Stevens Foundation.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Stevens Foundation and the Kershaw Centennial Commission

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