North Portland Library

Location, phone

512 N. Killingsworth St.
Portland, OR 97217
503.988.5394
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Meeting Room
Computer Lab
Black Resource Collection

Hours

Monday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Tuesday & Wednesday: noon-8 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday: noon-5 p.m.

About North Portland Library

North Portland Library began as the North Albina Reading Room in 1909. The current Jacobethan-style library was built in 1913 and renovated in 1999.

North Portland Library boasts a collection of books as well as audio and visual materials, periodicals and electronic resources in English and Spanish that can be accessed on site or from a home computer. This library also houses a collection of materials in Vietnamese. North Portland customers have access to Multnomah County Library's systemwide catalog of two million books and other library materials.

This library houses the Black Resource Collection, a special collection of scholarly and popular materials relating to the African-American experience.

Check Event Finder for programs at North Portland Library. North Portland's meeting room is available at no charge for community meetings and events on a first-come, first-served basis. It has an 85-person capacity.

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