Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School

Coordinates: 34°39′08″N 82°47′16″W / 34.65216°N 82.78771°W / 34.65216; -82.78771
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Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School
Faith Cabin Library, 2012
Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School is located in South Carolina
Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School
Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School is located in the United States
Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School
Location145 Town St., Pendleton, South Carolina, 29670
Coordinates34°39′08″N 82°47′16″W / 34.65216°N 82.78771°W / 34.65216; -82.78771
Built1936 (1936)
Architectural styleLog cabin
NRHP reference No.12000941[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 2012

The Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School in Pendleton, South Carolina was one of the 26 Faith Cabin Libraries constructed in South Carolina to offer library services to rural African Americans who were barred from using other library facilities. The one-room, free-standing log cabin with a fieldstone chimney and foundation was built on the grounds of the Anderson County Training School, a Rosenwald School, and paid for by money and timber from the local community.[2]

It was open year-round to serve the community and school until its closure in 1954 when a new equalization school was built nearby.[3] It is currently owned by the Pendleton Community Center.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "November 23, 2012 Listings". Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "NRHP Registration Form" (PDF) (PDF). Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Pendleton Organizations". Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.