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North Portland Library began as the North Albina Reading Room in 1909. The Jacobethan-style library was built in 1913 and renovated in 1999. The original architect was Joseph Jacobberger and Alfred H. Smith Architects.

Originally opened in 1972, Capitol Hill Library serves the Southwest Portland community. The building is 6,060 square feet, and the original architects were Allen, McMath and Hawkins, A.I.A. More recently, Capitol Hill Library received refresh updates, including fresh paint, new seating and updated technology.

Opened in 2001, Fairview-Columbia Library serves residents in Fairview, Troutdale, Corbett and other east Multnomah County communities. The building housed the library on the ground floor and four market-rate apartments above. It was Multnomah County’s first mixed-use library building. The architect was Group Mackenzie; Thomas Hacker and Associates, Inc., served as tenant improvement consultant.

The first Gregory Heights library opened its doors as a reading room in the 1930s. The current library, renovated in 1998-99, has been serving Northeast Portland in its current location since 1966.

Library services in the neighborhood date back to at least 1903, with a deposit station. St. Johns Library opened at its current library location in 1914. The building was designed by architects Folger Johnson and Donald Mayer. St. Johns Library is one of the remaining Carnegie libraries in Oregon.

Black Resources Collection библиотеки округа Малтнома предлагает более 7000 наименований книг, фильмов, периодических изданий, музыки и многого другого, относящихся к жизни афроамериканцев, а также произведения, созданные афроамериканцами и другими авторами африканского происхождения.

The Kenton Library building, originally Cyril S. Kenyon Hardware, was constructed in 1951. The library leased the 6,000 sq ft space and began to serve the North Portland neighborhood in March 2010.

PORTLAND, Ore. — November 6, 2023 — Multnomah County Library invites the community to join in celebrating and honoring Native American Heritage Month.

Attend fun multilingual events for all ages

Multnomah County Library’s Black Resource Collection offers a variety of materials that are primarily written by African Diasporic authors. Ranging from the latest fiction title to out-of-print newspapers, this collection also has materials for all ages that focus on the experience of the African Diaspora.