Old Postcards

"Postcards from Old Spartanburg County" is a web site maintained by Janet Moore. Postcards show buildings and people from the early 1900's. Her site is located here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scsparta/pictures.htm

This is a photo/painting of the Kennedy Free Library taken probably in the 1930s. The Kennedy Free Library was built in partnership with Andrew Carnegie and the City of Spartanburg. The library was located near the current Spartanburg County Courthouse.

The Kennedy Free Library replaced Spartanburg's first library, the Kennedy Library. The Kennedy Library (founded in 1885) was located on the second floor of a building on Morgan Square and was named for Dr. Lionel Chalmers Kennedy by his wife, Helen. The library was located on the eastern side of the Andrews Building where the Extended Stay America building now stands. I will provide more library history in future posts.