Fairview-Columbia Library

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Fairview-Columbia Library
Exterior and entrance in 2012
General information
Address	1520 NE Village Street
Town or city	Fairview, Oregon
Country	United States
Opened	November 13, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-11-13)
Owner	Multnomah County Library
Technical details
Floor area	4,000 square feet (370 m2)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Group Mackenzie; Thomas Hacker and Associates
Main contractor	Commercial Contractors
Website
Fairview-Columbia Library

The Fairview-Columbia Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Fairview in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves residents of Fairview, Troutdale, Corbett, and elsewhere in the eastern part of the county.^[1][2] The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.^[1]

History

Library service in Fairview was first established in 1903 via a "deposit station" in a private store, and later in the city hall. The deposit station closed in 1915. The Gresham Library served Fairview for decades, for instance with the head librarian visiting Fairview on a weekly basis for a children's story hour.^[2]

The new building opened on November 13, 2001, with a dedication ceremony held on November 17.^[3] The opening of the Fairview branch marked the first of many mixed use buildings in the county system.^[2][4] The library, with a floor area of 4,000 square feet (370 m²), is on the ground floor, and four apartments are on the upper floor.^[2]

Group Mackenzie was the building architect, and Thomas Hacker and Associates acted as a tenant improvement consultant. Commercial Contractors was the contracting firm on the project. The library can hold up to 20,000 books.^[2]