| Owner | Multnomah County Library |
|---|---|
| Address | 7921 NE Sandy Boulevard |
| Location town | Portland, Oregon |
| Location country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°33′6″N 122°34′53″W |
| Opened date | February 23, 1966 |
| Renovation date | March 2, 1999 |
| Floor area | 5,997 square feet (557.1 m2) |
| Architecture firm | Farnham and Peck |
| Main contractor | Cloyd R. Watt |
| Ren architect | Thomas Hacker and Associates |
| Ren firm | Andersen Construction Company |
| Website | Gregory Heights Library |
The Gregory Heights Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1][2] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.[1]
The library branch first opened in 1938. The current branch, located at N.E. 79th Avenue and Sandy Boulevard, opened in 1966. It cost $83,000 to build, and was designed by the architecture firm Farnham and Peck.[2][3]
History
The library operated as a small reading room at 3448 N.E. 72nd Avenue from 1938 through 1956, when the Library Association of Portland replaced it with a bookmobile. By 1962, the association had approved construction of a branch in the Gregory Heights neighborhood. The new Gregory Heights Library, at N.E. 79th Avenue and N.E. Sandy Boulevard, opened on February 24, 1966. Its collection included 10,000 books.[2]
In the 1980s, the library added computer terminals, more books, and southeast Asian materials in Vietnamese and Cambodian. After Multnomah County voters approved a bond measure in 1996 to repair branch libraries and improve library technology system-wide, Gregory Heights Library closed in July 1998 for renovation. It reopened on March 2, 1999.[2]
The original architect of the building was Farnham and Peck. Thomas Hacker and Associates was the architect for the renovation. The library has a floor area of 5,997 square feet (557.1 m2) and a capacity of 20,000 volumes.[2]
The library closed temporarily in 2023–2024 for renovations funded by a 2020 building bond.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Gregory Heights Library". Multnomah County Library. Archived August 19, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "Gregory Heights Library History". Multnomah County Library. Archived August 21, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Construction will begin next week". The Oregonian. July 1, 1965. p. 32. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "Gregory Heights Library history | Multnomah County Library". multcolib.org. Retrieved 2026-01-21.