Charleston Library Society

The Library Society's first permanent address, which it occupied from 1792 to 1835, was within what is now the Charleston County Courthouse at 82 Broad St.
The Library Society was located at 50 Broad St. from 1835 to 1914.
The Library Society has been located at 164 King St. since 1914.
The Library Society has expanded into an adjacent building at 160 King St. starting in 1992.

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).

Anne Cleveland served as the Executive Director of the Charleston Library Society from 2009 to 2023. Laura Pelzer has been the Executive Director since January of 2023.