Holgate Library

Holgate Library

Front entrance in 2012
General information
Location Foster-Powell
Address 7905 S.E. Holgate Boulevard
Town or city Portland, Oregon
Country United States
Coordinates 45°29′26″N 122°34′56″W / 45.49056°N 122.58222°W / 45.49056; -122.58222Coordinates: 45°29′26″N 122°34′56″W / 45.49056°N 122.58222°W / 45.49056; -122.58222
Opening May 19, 1971
Renovated October 17, 2000
Owner Multnomah County Library
Technical details
Floor area 6,060 square feet (563 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm Allen, McMath, Hawkins Architects
Renovating team
Architect Thomas Hacker and Associates
Renovating firm Andersen Construction Company
Website
Holgate Library

The Holgate Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.[1] Opening on May 19, 1971, it replaced the Arleta and Lents branch libraries, though the area had been served as early as 1904 with a deposit station in a drug store in Lents.[2] Renovated in 2000, it has 6,060 square feet (563 m2) of floor space and can hold up to 30,000 volumes.[2][3] The renovations included seismic upgrades, a new roof, new windows, and a solar-powered electricity back-up system, among other items.[2][4] In February 2008, the branch added the county's only teen and children's librarians.[5]

Holgate was cited, along with the Midland and Belmont branches, as one of several branches serving the Montavilla neighborhood, when that neighborhood's branch was sold by the county in 2005.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Holgate Library". Multnomah County Library. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Staff (October 4, 2000). "Multnomah County Library’s Holgate Branch to reopen". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Holgate Library History". Multnomah County Library. November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ Staff (November 13, 2000). "Solar power lights library in emergency". The Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Koffman, Rebecca (April 3, 2008). "Neighborhood News Updates". The Oregonian. p. Metro Portland Neighbors, 8.
  6. ↑ Hsuan, Amy (April 15, 2005). "County Will Sell Former Montavilla Library Site". The Oregonian.
  7. ↑ Hsuan, Amy (March 16, 2005). "Proposal Calls for Selling Library". The Oregonian.
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