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Renovating History

Union County (S.C.) Carnegie Library

The renovation of Union County Carnegie Library brought the 115-year-old building back to its original glory. The design and construction teams restored its authentic paint colors, terra cotta and granite accents, brick detailing, and wooden cornices, dentils, and columns on the building’s exterior, as well as the interior’s wood floors, plaster walls, pressed-tin ceiling, and stained-glass skylight. The library won the 2019 South Carolina Preservation Honor Award from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History for its renovation.

Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture
Size: 13,460 square feet
Cost: $2 million
Photo: Firewater Photography