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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 Troutdale Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Troutdale in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] The library, part of the Cherry Park Market Center, offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. [2]
In 1902, the library system became tax-supported, free, and open to all Portland residents. A year later, it was opened to all residents of Multnomah County. [4] Within months of the change from subscription library to free public library, the number of users grew from 1,000 members to 8,000 registered borrowers. [3]
Until the 1990 opening of the new Gresham Library building (13 times the size of the building it replaced), the Midland was considered the second busiest in the county system, after Portland's Central Library. [4] In 1993, Multnomah County voters agreed to spend $5.3 million for a new Midland Library building at the same site along S.E. 122nd ...
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. [1] [2] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. [1] Capitol Hill and the Holgate branch are of a similar design. [3]
The branch opened on October 30, 2001, [2] and was the first new branch in the Multnomah County system since 1972. At 5,000 square feet (460 m 2), the library is designed to accommodate 20,000 volumes.
The Kenton Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library (MCL), in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] Preceded by reading rooms in North Portland and later by the Lombard Branch Library, the Kenton Library opened in 2010 in a storefront on North Denver Avenue. [2]
In 1996, Multnomah County voters passed a bond measure to renovate and modernize branch libraries in the system. North Portland Library got seismic retrofitting , a new roof, an elevator, new lighting and furniture and telecommunications equipment, more restrooms, and improvements to plumbing and other infrastructure.