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Arleta Branch Library

Historic library building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

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The Arleta Branch Library, also known as the Arleta Carnegie Library and the Wikman Building, is a Carnegie library building in Portland, Oregon's Foster-Powell neighborhood, in the United States.

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The library building was designed by Folger Johnson and built in 1918 with funds provided by the Carnegie Corporation. In 2016, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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