Beaverton City Library
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| Beaverton City Library | |
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 Front of library in 2009 | |
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| 45°29′03″N 122°48′15″W / 45.4841°N 122.8042°W | |
| Location | Beaverton, Oregon, United States |
| Established | 1938 |
| Branch of | Washington County Cooperative Library Services |
The Beaverton City Library serves Beaverton, Oregon, and is part of the Washington County Cooperative Library Services.
The library was established in 1938, encouraged by the Kiwanis Club. The city took over operations in 1940. In 1958, the library moved into its first new facility, located at 5th Street and Hall Boulevard. It moved to Hall Street Station in 1980, then to a former Albertson's grocery store at Allen and Hall Boulevards in 1984.[1] The 1984 move increased the library's space from 9,400 square feet (870 m2) to 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2).[2] In 1985, it was the largest library in Washington County.[3]
In 1998, voters approved the construction of a new facility at Fifth Avenue and Hall Boulevard. The library moved into its new space in September 2000.[1] The building measures 69,000 square feet and contains over 350,000 items.[4]
The library further expanded in June 2010 when it opened a 12,000 square foot branch library in the Murray Scholls Town Center.[4][5] A new children's section at the branch library was unveiled in 2015.[6]
