Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Portage Lake District Library is located in Houghton, Michigan and serves Houghton and Chassell and Portage Townshipss. It was built in 1909, at the site originally occupied by the Armory Building for Company G of the Houghton Light Infantry, using a $15,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. Adams and Elm River Townshipss had been part of the library district, but in 1997 they voted to sever their relationship with it. In 2003 a driver improperly changed lanes, hitting another car from behind and forcing it off the road; the second car killed a baby whose mother was walking him in a perambulator and hit the library, causing minor damage to the sandstone of which the library is largely constructed. Portage Lake District Library participates in The Michigan eLibrary (MeL). External link: Portage Lake District Library This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.