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In turn, the large majority (over 90%) of the county's National Register entries are situated within Portland. This list includes only sites within Multnomah County but outside the municipal boundaries of Portland. While some sites appear in this list (and corresponding lists for neighboring counties) showing "Portland" as a general locality ...
Over one-fourth of the NRHP listings in the state are found in Multnomah County. In turn, the large majority (over 90%) of Multnomah's NRHP sites are situated within the city of Portland. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 3, 2025. [4]
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 underwent major structural and interior renovations in the mid 1990s. The library also underwent a refresh in 2023.
Multnomah County was one of the few local governments in Oregon to approve such a tax increase. [citation needed] On March 2, 2004, Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn announced the county would begin granting licenses for same-sex marriages, pursuant to a legal opinion issued by its attorney deeming such marriages lawful under Oregon law. Her ...
East County is a region of Multnomah County, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is generally defined as being the entirety of Multnomah County east of Portland . [ 3 ]
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).
Vista House is a museum at Crown Point in Multnomah County, Oregon, that also serves as a memorial to Oregon pioneers and as a comfort station for travelers on the Historic Columbia River Highway. The site, situated on a rocky promontory, is 733 feet (223 m) above the Columbia River on the south side of the Columbia River Gorge .
The Hollywood Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library (MCL), in the Hollywood District of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] The building, at NE 41st Avenue and Tillamook Street, opened in 2002, and has three residential stories above the library. [2]