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The Sellwood–Moreland Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] First established in 1905 as the Sellwood Reading Room, it operated in several Sellwood locations before re-opening in 2002 in a new mixed-use building at S.E. 13th Avenue and Bidwell Street.
Sellwood originated as an independent city and as a rival of nearby early Portland on the 1,320-acre (5.3 km 2) Donation Land Claim of Reverend John Sellwood, who sold the claim in 1882 to the Sellwood Real Estate Company. [2] The town of Sellwood was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on February 25, 1889. [3]
In 1980 the Central Library was enclosed, with additional square footage giving the building a total of 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2). On June 21, 1980, the Central Library suffered fire damage, with many books destroyed. The Central Library was forced to close until April 1981. [1] David Calloway become the library director in May 1981.
Harris County Public Library (HCPL) is a public library system serving Harris County, Texas, United States. Since its inception in 1921, HCPL has grown from a system of small book stations in homes, stores and post offices to 26 branch libraries serving a population of over 1.3 million users in unincorporated areas countywide.
European settlement in the Arlington area dates back at least to the 1840s. After the May 24, 1841 battle between Texas General Edward H. Tarrant and Native Americans of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at Marrow Bone Spring in present-day Arlington (historical marker at
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In 1993, the library obtained a grant from the Virginia Department of the Blind to put an Arkenstone Open Book Reader in Central Library. On July 1, 1980, Arlington Public Library became part of the Metropolitan Council of Government's library borrowing program that allows patrons from Washington D.C. area libraries to have reciprocal borrowing ...
1953 – The city takes over the public library from Tarrant County. 1954 – General Motors Corporation plant opens. [49] Berry Elementary School opens. [47] 1955 – J.C. Penney and Sears chain stores in business. [47] 1956 – American Can Company plant opens. [47] Arlington Baptist College opens [47] on the property of the old speakeasy Top ...