SURFSIDE BEACH LIBRARY In June 1977, James A. Calhoun, Jr., offered a
wooded lot on 10th Avenue North near Highway 17 Business as a site for a library. The Horry County Council provided $42,000, and the Surfside Beach Town Council appointed a Library Building Committee with James F. Squires as chairman. The Committee conducted a fund-raising campaign. Mr. Calhoun donated another lot and the proceeds of its sale went into the building fund that totaled more than $23,500.
Construction began in April 1978, and the library opened October 18, 1978. The library outgrew its current building and site in the early 1990s. By 1995 a new 7,260 square foot facility was built at a cost of $700,000 and is located at 410 Surfside
50
Drive. In 2011, the Surfside Library was renovated and expanded to 17,800 square feet and includes a new children’s room, additional public computers and a designated young adult area. The old library is now used as the Surfside Senior Center.
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