Holgate Library

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::summary Library in Oregon ::

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Field	Value
name	Holgate Library
image	Holgate Library in Portland.jpg
caption	Front entrance in 2012
map_type	Portland
owner	Multnomah County Library
location	Foster-Powell
address	7905 S.E. Holgate Boulevard
location_town	Portland, Oregon
location_country	United States
coordinates
opened_date	May 19, 1971
renovation_date	October 17, 2000, July 13, 2024
floor_area	6060 ft2
elevator_count	2 (1 staff only)
architecture_firm	Allen, McMath, Hawkins Architects
ren_architect	Thomas Hacker and Associates
ren_firm	Andersen Construction Company
website	Website
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The Holgate Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Description and history

The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. 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. Renovated in 2000, the building had 6060 ft2 of floor space and held up to 30,000 volumes. The renovations included seismic upgrades, a new roof, new windows, and a solar-powered electricity back-up system, among other items. In February 2008, the branch added the county's only teen and children's librarians.

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.{{cite news |title=County Will Sell Former Montavilla Library Site |work=The Oregonian |date=April 15, 2005 |first=Amy |last=Hsuan |title=Proposal Calls for Selling Library |work=The Oregonian |date=March 16, 2005 |first=Amy |last=Hsuan

Construction began on a new two-story home for the library in 2022. The new larger, modernized facility opened in 2024.

References

References

1. "Holgate Library". [[Multnomah County Library]].
2. Staff. (October 4, 2000). "Multnomah County Library's Holgate Branch to reopen". Daily Journal of Commerce.
3. (November 18, 2011). "Holgate Library History". Multnomah County Library.
4. Staff. (November 13, 2000). "Solar power lights library in emergency". The Daily Journal of Commerce.
5. Koffman, Rebecca. (April 3, 2008). "Neighborhood News Updates". The Oregonian.
6. "Holgate Library history {{!}} Multnomah County Library".

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