{{short description|Library in Oregon}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox building | name = Holgate Library | native_name = | native_name_lang = | former_names = | alternate_names = | status = | image = Holgate Library in Portland.jpg | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = Front entrance in 2012 | pushpin_map = Portland | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = | structural_system = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = Multnomah County Library | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Foster-Powell | address = 7905 S.E. Holgate Boulevard | location_town = Portland, Oregon | location_country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|45|29|26|N|122|34|56|W|display=inline,title}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = | completion_date = | opened_date = May 19, 1971 | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = October 17, 2000, July 13, 2024 | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | architectural = | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = {{convert|6060|ft2|m2}} | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = 2 (1 staff only) | architect = | architecture_firm = Allen, McMath, Hawkins Architects | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = Thomas Hacker and Associates | ren_firm = Andersen Construction Company | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | parking = | website = [https://multcolib.org/library-location/holgate Website] | embedded = | references = }}
The '''Holgate Library''' is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.<ref name=MCL>{{cite web|url=http://events.multcolib.org/venues/holgate-library|title=Holgate Library|accessdate=August 22, 2012|publisher=Multnomah County Library|archive-date=July 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712195007/http://events.multcolib.org/venues/holgate-library|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Description and history == The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.<ref name="MCL" /> Opening on May 19, 1971, it replaced the Arleta and Lents branch libraries, though the area had been served as early as 1904 with a deposit station in a drug store in Lents.<ref name="reopen">{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Multnomah County Library's Holgate Branch to reopen|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/10/04/multnomah-county-library8217s-holgate-branch-to-reopen/|accessdate=7 November 2012|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=October 4, 2000|archive-date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200836/http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/10/04/multnomah-county-library8217s-holgate-branch-to-reopen/|url-status=live}}</ref> Renovated in 2000, the building had {{convert|6060|ft2|m2}} of floor space and held up to 30,000 volumes.<ref name="reopen" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Holgate Library History|url=http://multcolib.org/agcy/hgt-history.html|publisher=Multnomah County Library|date=November 18, 2011|accessdate=November 3, 2012|archive-date=July 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712194914/http://multcolib.org/agcy/hgt-history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The renovations included seismic upgrades, a new roof, new windows, and a solar-powered electricity back-up system, among other items.<ref name="reopen" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|title=Solar power lights library in emergency|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/11/13/solar-power-lights-library-in-emergency/|accessdate=7 November 2012|newspaper=The Daily Journal of Commerce|date=November 13, 2000|archive-date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200834/http://djcoregon.com/news/2000/11/13/solar-power-lights-library-in-emergency/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2008, the branch added the county's only teen and children's librarians.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koffman|first=Rebecca|title=Neighborhood News Updates|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 3, 2008|page=Metro Portland Neighbors, 8}}</ref>
Holgate was cited, along with the Midland and Belmont branches, as one of several branches serving the Montavilla neighborhood, when that neighborhood's branch was sold by the county in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=County Will Sell Former Montavilla Library Site |work=The Oregonian |date=April 15, 2005 |first=Amy |last=Hsuan }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Proposal Calls for Selling Library |work=The Oregonian |date=March 16, 2005 |first=Amy |last=Hsuan }}</ref>
Construction began on a new two-story home for the library in 2022. The new larger, modernized facility opened in 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Holgate Library history {{!}} Multnomah County Library |url=https://multcolib.org/hours-and-locations/holgate-library/holgate-library-history |access-date=2026-01-21 |website=multcolib.org |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Oregon}}
* List of Carnegie libraries in Oregon
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
{{Foster-Powell, Portland, Oregon}} {{Multnomah County Library}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1971 establishments in Oregon Category:Buildings and structures in Foster-Powell, Portland, Oregon Category:Libraries established in 1971 Category:Libraries in Portland, Oregon Category:Multnomah County Library