The Holgate Library is a branch of the
Multnomah County Library
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, in
Portland
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
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.
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
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.
Renovated in 2000, it has of floor space and can hold 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
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* Belmont (surname)
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branches, as one of several branches serving the
Montavilla neighborhood, when that neighborhood's branch was sold by
the county
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Cast
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in 2005.
See also
*
List of Carnegie libraries in Oregon
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References
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1971 establishments in Oregon
Buildings and structures in Foster-Powell, Portland, Oregon
Libraries established in 1971
Libraries in Portland, Oregon
Multnomah County Library