Spartanburg
MPS Spartanburg
127 Dunbar Street
Spartanburg, SC 29306
Address
McMillan Pazdan Smith
127 Dunbar StreetSpartanburg, SC 29306
(We are located in the historic Woolworth’s building, circa 1900.)
Parking
Two-hour parking is available on the street in front of the office. There is also available parking in the Dunbar Street Parking Garage directly across from the office. We can validate your parking receipt to exit the garage.
Woolworth’s Building
Circa 1962, courtesy of Spartanburg County Public Libraries, B&B Studio Collection.
Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-In, July 27, 1960, courtesy of Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ microfiche collection, Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
Historical Marker outside of the Woolworth’s Building in Spartanburg, SC.
Circa 1962, courtesy of Spartanburg County Public Libraries, B&B Studio Collection.
Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-In, July 27, 1960, courtesy of Spartanburg County Public Libraries’ microfiche collection, Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
Historical Marker outside of the Woolworth’s Building in Spartanburg, SC.
Our office moved into the former Woolworth’s Building in 2001. Historically, 127 Dunbar Street is the former location of Woolworth’s, a chain department store and one of the original pioneers of the five-and-dime store (it had frontage on both Main and Dunbar Streets). Look for a plaque on the McMillan Pazdan Smith building that commemorates a historic event in the civil rights movement. The marker recognizes the site of a sit-in protest at the Woolworth’s lunch counter on July 26, 1960, when brave African American youths joined nationwide protests of white-only lunch counters.
To view more historic photos of Spartanburg visit the Library’s archives here.