Midland Library
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| Opened | September 16, 1996 |
| Owner | Multnomah County Library |
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| Floor area | 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Thomas Hacker and Associates |
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The Midland Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.[1]
History
Bookmobiles, reading rooms, and small branch libraries provided much of the public library service to Portland neighborhoods in the first half of the 20th century. A library study in 1955 recommended switching to a system of larger branches supported by sub-branches and bookmobiles.[2]
The large Midland branch opened at S.E. 122nd Avenue and S.E. Morrison Street in 1958 and was the second branch in the county system to serve suburban residents. Oregon authors present at its dedication included Stewart Holbrook, Dorothy Johansen, and others. The 5,600-square-foot (520 m2) building cost $90,000; it initially housed 12,000 volumes, with plans to extend the collection to 20,000. The building offered bicycle racks.[3] By the early 1960s, the library floor area had been expanded to 6,580 square feet (611 m2).[2]
Until the 1990 opening of the new Gresham Library building (13 times the size of the building it replaced), the Midland was considered the second busiest in the county system, after Portland's Central Library.[4] In 1993, Multnomah County voters agreed to spend $5.3 million for a new Midland Library building at the same site along S.E. 122nd Avenue. Thomas Hacker and Associates was the architectural firm for the project and Silco Construction the general contractor. The new library opened on September 16, 1996. It has a floor area of 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2) and can hold up to 150,000 books.[2]
In 2024, the library closed temporarily for interior renovations and additions funded by a 2020 building bond..[5]
See also
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References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Midland Library". Multnomah County Library. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Midland Library History". Multnomah County Library. June 3, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Official Opening of New Midland Library Scheduled on Monday". The Oregonian. March 16, 1958.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ruble, Web (September 28, 1989). "Gresham Library Will Be a 'Superbranch'". The Oregonian.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Midland Library history | Multnomah County Library". multcolib.org. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
External links
- Midland Library, Multnomah County Library
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