1806 |
Winnsboro Library Society formed. |
1811 |
Franklin Library Society (a subscription library) formed. |
1820 |
Winnsboro Women's Club opened small library. |
1900 |
Frank Fouche founded small public library in a room above the Bank of Fairfield. Although it didn't last long at this location, he helped to plant the seeds of the current Fairfield County Library. |
1930 |
Worker's Progress Administration (WPA) sponsored two library projects: a school and traveling library. |
1937 |
County Council of Farm Women sponsor the "Little Red Bookmobile." |
1938 |
County delegation appropriated 1% of all school-district funds to maintain county library. |
1939 |
Fairfield County Library legally established. |
1940 |
Winnsboro Women's Club procured old Power House for library. |
1965 |
Fairfield County Library collection numbered 20,000 volumes. |
1977 |
New county library building dedicated. |