East Portland Branch, Public Library Of Multnomah County
From 1864 until 1902, Portland had subscription libraries that were open to the public, but it had no tax-supported public library. In 1902, the library system became tax-supported, free, and open to all Portland residents. A year later, it was opened to all residents of Multnomah County. Within months of the change from subscription library to free public library, the number of users grew from 1,000 members to 8,000 registered borrowers.
The subscription libraries had reading rooms only in downtown Portland. To accommodate the growing number of users, the new library established reading rooms in other parts of the city. By 1907, it had neighborhood branches in Sellwood, Albina, and the central eastside neighborhood. Doyle designed a small temporary building for the eastside branch before money became available for the permanent structure.
References
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ "Oregon Historic Sites Database". State of Oregon. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
- ^ Niles, Philip (2008). Beauty of the City: A.E. Doyle, Portland's Architect. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press. pp. 90–92. ISBN 978-0-87071-298-2.
- ^ "History". Multnomah County Library. Retrieved November 6, 2008.
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