The Vanport Library served the short-lived community of Vanport, Oregon from August 3, 1943 until the city was flooded in 1948. It had 2,500 books upon opening, 1,000 of which were loaned from Portland's Central Library.Vanport, then the largest federal housing project, was the only one with its own library. The library had a brick veneer, many windows, and a green lawn, and was sited two blocks from the city center.