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==History==
==History==
===Prior to Central Library===
===Prior to Central Library===
The first library was established in Portland in 1864 by a group of businessmen. It was called The Library Association of Portland and it was located on the second story of Benjamin Stark's building on the corner of First and Start Streets. In the 1880s the association started to make moves toward acquiring a building of its own and in 1893 the Stark Street Library opened to library subscribers. The building was between Broadway and Park Streets and housed the library on the ground floor with the Portland Art Association being on the second.  <ref name="Central Library History"> https://multcolib.org/central-library-history Central Library History</ref>
The first library was established in Portland in 1864 by a group of businessmen. It was called The Library Association of Portland and it was located on the second story of Benjamin Stark's building on the corner of First and Start Streets. In the 1880s the association started to make moves toward acquiring a building of its own and in 1893 the Stark Street Library opened to library subscribers. The building was between Broadway and Park Streets and housed the library on the ground floor with the Portland Art Association being on the second.  <ref name="Central Library History"> [https://multcolib.org/central-library-history Central Library History]</ref>


===Central Library===
===Central Library===

Revision as of 17:48, 12 June 2014

Hours

Monday: 10 am - 8 pm
Tuesday: noon - 8 pm
Wednesday: noon - 8 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 6 pm
Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm

Meeting Rooms

Central Library's public meeting rooms are available free-of-charge during library hours, on a first-come, first-served basis, for community meetings and events.[1]

Library policy is to limit any organization's access to a public meeting room to twice in one month.

  • U.S. Bank Room
120 person capacity.
Located on main floor near the main entrance on the right just as you enter the building.
  • Room 2B
8 person capacity.
Located on the 2nd floor "behind the stack call desk."

Location

801 S.W. 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
503.988.5123

History

Prior to Central Library

The first library was established in Portland in 1864 by a group of businessmen. It was called The Library Association of Portland and it was located on the second story of Benjamin Stark's building on the corner of First and Start Streets. In the 1880s the association started to make moves toward acquiring a building of its own and in 1893 the Stark Street Library opened to library subscribers. The building was between Broadway and Park Streets and housed the library on the ground floor with the Portland Art Association being on the second. [2]

Central Library

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