The Gresham Carnegie Library, is a historic building in
Gresham,
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
. The
Tudor style building designed by
Folger Johnson was built in 1913 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in January 2000.
It served as a public library in the
Multnomah County Library
Multnomah County Library is the public library system serving Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. A continuation of the Library Association of Portland, established in 1864, the system now has 19 branches offering books, magaz ...
system from 1913 until December 1989 when the
Gresham Library
The Gresham Library, also known as the Gresham Regional Library, is a branch of the Multnomah County Library in Gresham in the U.S. state of Oregon. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and othe ...
opened.
At that time the Gresham Historical Society purchased the building and opened the Gresham History Museum.
The building underwent six-months of renovations in 2012.
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See also
* List of Carnegie libraries in Oregon
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References
External links
Gresham History Museum
- Gresham Historical Society
1913 establishments in Oregon
Buildings and structures in Gresham, Oregon
Former library buildings in the United States
Historical society museums in Oregon
Libraries established in 1913
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Library buildings completed in 1913
Multnomah County Library
Museums in Multnomah County, Oregon
National Register of Historic Places in Gresham, Oregon
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