"We are pleased... to celebrate the continuation of two visions; one that began in 1914 when the Women's Improvement Club decided this town needed a library and the second that began in the 1960s when educators at (then) Yakima Valley Junior College saw a need for taking educational opportunities to small communities." 
-- Library Director, Elizabeth Jahnke at Grandview Library's grand opening ceremonies.

Bleyhl Community Library becomes Grandview Library

With the opening of our new 16,000 square foot facility on the Yakima Valley Community College-Grandview campus at 500 W. Main Street in Grandview, Washington, Bleyhl Community Library became Grandview Library. The new Grandview Library is a joint venture of the City of Grandview and Yakima Valley Community College.

The Grandview Library Collection documents the founding and development of the city of Grandview, located in Washington State's fertile Yakima Valley. Local tradition tells us that on a bright Indian summer morning in 1905, two men on horseback, Elza Dean and F.L. Pitman, pulled their mounts to a halt halfway between then new towns of Sunnyside and Prosser. They saw Snipes Mountain rising in the foreground, and the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier were outlined against the sky. “It’s a grand view!”

Read more about our community in the Grandview Library Collection at Washington Rural Heritage a joint project of our library and the Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State.