Hollywood Library

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Hollywood Library
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Mixed-use building with library in 2012
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General information
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OpenedMay 2, 2002
OwnerMultnomah County Library and Sockeye Hollywood
Technical details
Floor area13,000 square feet (1,200 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firmThomas Hacker and Associates
Website
Hollywood Library

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The Hollywood Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library (MCL), in the Hollywood District of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] The building, at NE 41st Avenue and Tillamook Street, opened in 2002, and has three residential stories above the library.[2] The previous building, constructed in 1959 at NE 39th Avenue and Hancock Street, was expected to be sold in 2003 to a private party, for its appraised price of $675,000.[3] The branch offers the MCL catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.[1]

History

Known until 1959 as Rose City Park Library, the branch opened in 1917 at 1236 Sandy Road.[4] Heavily used, the library soon ran short of space, and neighborhood residents sought funds for a larger building.[5] By 1926, a new building designed by architect Jamieson Parker (who also designed the Belmont Library) was completed.[4] It opened in August that year at 1170 NE Hancock Street.[4]

In the 1950s as part of a long-range library plan, Multnomah County hired the Stewart and Richardson architectural firm to design a new building of 6,000 to 7,500 square feet (560 to 700 m2) for Rose City Park Library. The building, at 3960 NE Hancock Street, was completed, and it opened in April 1959. Two months later, the library board changed the name of the branch from Rose City Park Library to Hollywood Library, which better reflected the name of the neighborhood it served.[4]

By 1996, circulation at this library had more than doubled to an average of 47,000 items per month. Voters in that year approved a bond measure to improve libraries, especially the Hollywood branch and three others. The library hired architect Thomas Hacker and Associates and Sockeye Hollywood, a development firm, to construct a mixed-use building at NE 41st Avenue and Tillamook Street. The building, completed in 2002, has 47 mixed-income apartments above the library. The library itself has 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) of floor space, and the ground floor also has 815 square feet (75.7 m2) of retail space. The new library opened on May 7, 2002.[4]

As of 2025, the library is temporarily closed for interior renovations funded by a 2020 building bond.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hollywood Library". Multnomah County Library. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hoover Barnett, Erin (February 28, 2008). "Hollywood is ready for its close-up". The Oregonian.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christ, Janet (February 18, 2003). "Portland County Selling 2 Former Library Buildings". The Oregonian.
  4. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hollywood Library History". Multnomah County Library. June 3, 2011. Archived from the original on September 13, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Library Drive Is Begun: Rose City Folk Seeking $20,000 Fund". The Sunday Oregonian. October 14, 1923. p. 47.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hollywood Library history | Multnomah County Library". multcolib.org. Retrieved January 21, 2026.

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