Brooklyn Library, Multnomah County

The Multnomah County Library system included a branch in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Portland from 1912 until 1971. The first Brooklyn branch library opened at the corner of Milwaukie and Powell on March 20, 1912.^[1] Between 1913 and 1917 the library moved to a fireproof building across the street.^[2]^[3] In 1930 the Portland fire department needed this block, and the library moved to SE 21st,^[4] just north of Powell Boulevard, where it remained until the library lost the lease for that building in 1971.^[5]

References

↑ "Brooklyn Library Well Patronized". Oregonian. 1912-03-25. p. 7.
↑ "Brooklyn Library to Move". Oregonian. 1913-12-10. p. 13.
↑ "Public Library Notes". Oregonian. 1917-12-10. p. 7.
↑ "Branch Library opens. Brooklyn Patrons Served in New quarters.". Oregonian. 1930-08-05. p. 24.
↑ 108th Annual Report of the Library Association of Portland. Library Association of Portland. 1971. p. 3.

Brooklyn, Portland, Oregon

Aladdin Theater Brooklyn Library Marquam Bridge Passage Johan Poulsen House Ross Island Ross Island Bridge Southeast 17th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard MAX Station Southeast 17th Avenue and Rhine Street MAX Station Tri It

Category Commons

Multnomah County Library

Branches

Current	Albina Belmont Capitol Hill Central Fairview-Columbia Gregory Heights Gresham Hillsdale Holgate Hollywood Kenton Midland North Portland Northwest Rockwood Sellwood-Moreland St. Johns Troutdale Woodstock

Former	Albina (old) Arleta Brooklyn (1912–1971) East Portland (1911–1967) Gresham Carnegie (1913–1990) Lombard Montavilla (1935–1981) South Portland Vanport (1943–1948)

Portland Public Library (1891–1902)

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