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On March 16, 1902, Portland's library became the first free library in the state paid for by taxes. [5] At that time it featured more than 38,000 volumes and 215 periodicals. [ 5 ] In 1913, the Library Association of Portland (LAP) built the Central Library in downtown Portland at Tenth Street. [ 5 ]
The Rockwood Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, located in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. [1] The library also features a 30-person capacity meeting room for hosting community events at no charge on a first come, first ...
The Hillsdale Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, located in Hillsdale, Portland, Oregon. [1] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. [1] The original library building at this location opened in 1957 and was replaced by a new building on the same site in 2004.
The Central Library is a three-story public library branch in the downtown core of Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1913, it serves as the main branch of the Multnomah County Library system. In 1979, the Georgian style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Central Building, Public Library. The library ...
The Woodstock Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library in southeast Portland, Oregon, United States.The library's origins date back to 1908, when the people of the Woodstock neighborhood established a reading room at the Woodstock Fire Station, which soon became one of fifteen "deposit stations" (packing crates that turned into two-shelf bookcases and could hold up to 50 books each).
The Capitol Hill Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in the West Portland Park neighborhood of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. Capitol Hill and the Holgate branch are of a similar design. History
FWJ Sylwester Library, Concordia University, Portland; Aubrey Watzek Library, Lewis & Clark College, Portland; Branford Price Millar Library, Portland State University, Portland; Reed College Library, Reed College, Portland; Albert Solheim Library, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland; Clark Library, University of Portland, Portland
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. 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.