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St. Johns Library

Library in Portland, Oregon, United States

Field	Value
name	St. Johns Library
image	St. Johns Library in Portland.jpg
image_size	300px
caption	Front entrance in 2012
map_type	Portland
architectural_style	Georgian
owner	Multnomah County Library
location	St. Johns
address	7510 N. Charleston Avenue
location_town	Portland, Oregon
location_country	United States
coordinates
opened_date	November 22, 1913
renovation_date	February 13, 2001
floor_area	6381 ft2
architect	Folger Johnson and MacDonald Mayer
ren_firm	Thomas Hacker and Associates
website	[St. Johns Library](http://events.multcolib.org/venues/st-johns-library)

The St. Johns Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. Operating at the same location since 1913, it underwent major renovation in 2000 to upgrade its infrastructure, expand its floor area, and increase its holding capacity to 25,000 volumes. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.

History

Early public library services in the St. Johns neighborhood began in 1903, when the Library Association of Portland established a small "deposit station" of books at a public school on the peninsula between the Columbia and Willamette rivers. In 1907, the St. Johns Reading Room and the Peninsular Reading Room, each with a collection of 200 to 300 books and a few reference works, offered public library services. These early ventures led to the opening of a St. Johns branch of Portland's central library on November 22, 1913.

The Georgian library, with a floor area of 5527 ft2, adapted to changing demographics and economic conditions over the rest of the 20th century but remained at the same address. The building housed a baby clinic as well as a library from 1918 through the 1950s. During World War II, the Rations Board had an office in the building, and library patrons included a wide variety of newcomers who worked during the war in the nearby shipyards.

After Multnomah County voters passed a bond measure in 1996 to renovate branch libraries, St. Johns Library was among four branches qualifying for significant upgrades. It closed for renovation of its plumbing, wiring, and other systems in March 2000 and reopened on February 13, 2001. In the process, its floor area was expanded to 6381 ft2, capable of holding 25,000 books. The library was temporarily closed in 2024 for expansion and interior renovations, funded by a 2020 building bond.

References

"St. Johns Library". [[Multnomah County Library]].
(29 August 2012). "St. Johns Library History". Multnomah County Library.
(February 23, 2011). "Belmont, North Portland and St. Johns libraries to close for equipment installation". Multnomah County Library.
"St. Johns Library history {{!}} Multnomah County Library".

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