Gresham Carnegie Library

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Gresham Carnegie Library
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Gresham Carnegie Library in 2008
Gresham Carnegie Library
45°30′02″N122°25′51″W / 45.50055°N 122.43072°W / 45.50055; -122.43072
Location Gresham, Oregon, United States
Type Library
Established1913 (1913)
Branch of Multnomah County Library

The Gresham Carnegie Library, is a historic building in Gresham, Oregon. The Tudor style building designed by Folger Johnson [1] was built in 1913 [2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in January 2000. [3] It served as a public library in the Multnomah County Library system from 1913 until December 1989 when the Gresham Library opened. [4]

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At that time the Gresham Historical Society purchased the building and opened the Gresham History Museum. [5] The building underwent six-months of renovations in 2012. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places continuation sheet" (PDF). prd.state.or.us. January 24, 2000.
  2. ↑ Pickett, Nelson (June 6, 1989). "Historical Society Makes Offer on Gresham Library". The Oregonian.
  3. ↑ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Endicott, Anne (July 6, 2012). "Telling the story of where we call home". Gresham Outlook. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  5. ↑ "About Our Building". Gresham Historical Society. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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