page_title: Charleston Library Society
hierarchical_section_title: Charleston Library Society
caption_attribution_description: English: 160 King St., Charleston, South Carolina
context_page_description: Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748, is a subscription library in Charleston, South Carolina.
  The library is the third oldest subscription library in the United States after the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum of Newport, Rhode Island. The Charleston Library was founded before The Providence Athenaeum, the New York Society Library, and the Boston Athenaeum.
context_section_description: Charleston Library Society, founded in 1748, is a subscription library in Charleston, South Carolina.
  The library is the third oldest subscription library in the United States after the Library Company of Philadelphia (founded 1731 by Benjamin Franklin) and the Redwood Library and Athenaeum of Newport, Rhode Island (1747).  The Charleston Library was founded before The Providence Athenaeum (1753), the New York Society Library (1754), and the Boston Athenaeum (1807).
caption: The Library Society has expanded into an adjacent building at 160 King St. starting in 1992.
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