Multnomah College

Multnomah College
YMCA building at 6th & Taylor, where school was located from 1909 to 1969
TypePrivate
Active1897–1969
AffiliationYMCA
Location, ,
United States

45°31′05″N 122°40′57″W / 45.51806°N 122.6825°W / 45.51806; -122.6825
FateAbsorbed into the University of Portland

Multnomah College, was a two-year, private college located in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1897 as the Educational Department of the YMCA in downtown Portland,[1][2] the school was the oldest fully accredited two-year college in the U.S. Pacific Northwest at the time it was absorbed by the University of Portland (UP) in 1969.

  1. ^ Howard McKinley Corning, ed. (1989) [1956]. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binford & Mort Publishing. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0-8323-0449-2.
  2. ^ "School for Men to Open Soon". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing. September 9, 1909. p. 33.