Holgate Library

Holgate Library
Front entrance in 2012
Holgate Library is located in Portland, Oregon
Holgate Library
Location within Portland, Oregon
General information
LocationFoster-Powell, 7905 S.E. Holgate Boulevard, Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45°29′26″N 122°34′56″W / 45.49056°N 122.58222°W / 45.49056; -122.58222
OpenedMay 19, 1971
RenovatedOctober 17, 2000, July 13, 2024
OwnerMultnomah County Library
Technical details
Floor area6,060 square feet (563 m2)
Lifts/elevators2 (1 staff only)
Design and construction
Architecture firmAllen, McMath, Hawkins Architects
Renovating team
ArchitectsThomas Hacker and Associates
Renovating firmAndersen Construction Company
Website
Website

The Holgate Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1]

Description and history

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, the building had 6,060 square feet (563 m2) of floor space and held 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]

Construction began on a new two-story home for the library in 2022. The new larger, modernized facility opened in 2024.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Holgate Library". Multnomah County Library. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Staff (October 4, 2000). "Multnomah County Library's Holgate Branch to reopen". Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "Holgate Library History". Multnomah County Library. November 18, 2011. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Staff (November 13, 2000). "Solar power lights library in emergency". The Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 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.
  8. ^ "Holgate Library history | Multnomah County Library". multcolib.org. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

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