This library offers a variety of services, some of them anachronistic (DVD collections for loaning)…read moreand others handy (their library of things seems to include musical instruments). The wifi just pops on without a bunch of BS, which really should be the standard, and the glassy building offers a view of nearby greenery. The hours are pretty limited, but it makes for a nice stop.

Clean and well organized. Most patrons are well behaved and respectful. I found everything I was…read morelooking for.

I just love this "sleepy" little library. I came here during the week to work on a project and…read morethey were having a $1/bag book sale. Really awesome find. People here are polite. This place is a historic old mansion transformed into a library near a school. I highly recommend.

I was born in Augusta, and as a small child, my grandmother would take my little sister and me to…read morethis library, and then to a nearby public pool. We looked forward to these days so much! Appleby Library is in a house! The library is in a HOUSE, y'all! What could be cooler? And after you pick out an awesome book, you get to go swimming!

Wow what a great experience, friendly and professional. I have always belonged to a library where…read moreever I lived and this branch was fantastic. The environment was light and airy. Security is in place and visible. The hours of operation should work for just about every bodies schedule. So if you love books , CD's or DVD's you might just love it as much as I do

Whether it is a movie Redbox doesn't provide or finding a book I don't think I want to purchase,…read morethis library is the place to go. CD's (I know, I'm old school like that), book sales, and special rooftop events are a few more reasons for stopping in. As a part of my job, I had the joy of working with them on the Summer Mayor's Reading Club. I saw children and youth of all ages gathering each day to read, listen, and learn more about the power of books. In this age of electronics, we could all use a space where paper and ink still dominate. Get your card today!

An impressive-looking building on the outside. The inside was heavy on meeting rooms, with some…read morevery slow elevators traversing the few floors. There were some library items and places to sit. As a community center, it would be a nice place to hold a meeting, and there was more than one going on during the evening I dropped by. It wasn't a tough place to get to either. The amount of stuff to do if you're not having an event there was not huge, but it served as a quiet (and air-conditioned) brief stop for me.

My heart is BROKEN! This building is an important…read morehistorical piece of Aiken and it once meant so much to so many of us. I recently returned to visit after being away for over a decade, and I was stunned to see what they called a "modernization" from 2021. This library held such a special place in my heart growing up. Walking through its doors again should've felt like coming home but instead, it felt like a stranger had moved in and redecorated with no sense of what made the place beloved. Sadly, the renovations have taken away much of its character. The ceilings have been lowered, the lighting is harsh and uninviting, and the carpet is distracting and ugly. The once beautiful staircase is now sad and stripped of its former charm--though it still creaks, a small comfort. And perhaps most shocking of all: there are so few books and bookshelves. How can you call it a library when there are so few bookshelves? My heart truly aches for the community, especially for the kids today who won't get to experience the magic this place once held. Even the bathrooms were untouched during the renovation, which makes the whole effort feel hollow and misdirected. It's sad it's not even open on Sundays. It's doing the community a disservice. Whoever approved these changes clearly didn't understand - or worse, didn't care - about what this place meant to the town. They should be ashamed. The only reason for my 3 stars is that the staff was friendly, knowledgeable and knowledge is power - go support your local library. Other than that, Aiken, get your act together. This was the biggest waste of money I've ever seen in my life. I'm glad I don't live here anymore.

The Veterans of 1898‑1902 memorial on Greene Street is one of those small but quietly resonant…read moremarkers that reminds you how many layers of military history run through Augusta, even in conflicts that don't always get the same public attention as the world wars. It honors local men who served in the Spanish‑American War, the Philippine‑American War, and the Boxer Rebellion, three linked campaigns that marked the moment when the United States stepped onto the world stage as an imperial power. The marker itself is a simple upright granite tablet, set in the Greene Street median among the city's broader constellation of service memorials, and its plain inscription reflects the era's preference for brevity over symbolism. What gives it weight is the way it anchors a transitional moment in American military history, when Augusta's soldiers found themselves fighting far from home in conflicts that reshaped both national identity and foreign policy, and the city chose to preserve that memory alongside the better‑known wars that followed. [Review 215 of 2026 - 916 in Georgia - 25404 overall]

We drove past this deteriorating church and had to circle around to see what's going on. It's in…read morebad shape. The marker reads, "In March 1817, eight men and two women meeting in an Augusta home formed "The Baptist Praying Society of Augusta" - the forerunner of the First Baptist Church. Two months later the society was constituted a church under the leadership of the first minister, Wm. T. Brantley, this property was purchased in 1870. A church on this site was dedicated May 26, 1821. In 1845, after serious friction arose in the national Triennial Convention, 327 delegates from eight southern states and the District of Columbia met here to form the Southern Baptist Convention. This building was erected in 1902." This is marker number 121-29 and it was erected in 1956 by the Georgia Historical Commission. A separate granite marker is nearby. It reads, "On this site May 8, 1845. The Southern Baptist Convention was organized by 327 delegates from the states of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky and District of Columbia. The following officers were elected: Rev. Wm. B. Johnson of Edgefield S.C. President Talson Lumpton, Ga J.B. Taylor, Va. Vice presidents Jesse Hartwell, Ala. James C. Crane, Va. Secretaries The Rev. W.T. Brantey, Sr. was Pastor of the Church. This tablet was presented at the Centennial of the Convention" it's falling down because decades of deferred maintenance have finally become visible from the street. The building has been unused since 1975, and water intrusion, broken windows, and repeated break‑ins have accelerated the decay. Preservation officials have cited the owner for failing to stabilize the structure, and the damaged but otherwise impressive dome in particular makes the whole complex appear structurally unsound. What you're seeing isn't an illusion but the cumulative effect of long neglect on a once‑grand Beaux Arts landmark. Here's to hoping it can be repaired and not collapse. [Review 219 of 2026 - 920 in Georgia - 25408 overall]

This is a beautiful brand new building. No need to go there unless you have a reason. There are…read morefour to five courtrooms upstairs along with the district attorney and the solicitor general. There's also a law library upstairs. You can also apply for and get a concealed weapons permit (same day), and research real estate records at this location.

Recently moved here and the service I received great and was fast. They were very helpful and…read morepatient with me as I gathered my paperwork to finish the process of getting my license.

Georgia has a fair number of online services. They do require you to present hard copy documents to…read moreget a new license, of course. There was an option to fill out an application online, so my question having done that was if I brought in all the documents they asked for (with a few extras on hand just in case), would everything go smoothly? And it did. I was subject to an initial greeting where my purpose for being there was verified and I took a number and got in line. In the middle of the afternoon, it was less than ten minutes before I was seen. Presenting my stuff, doing a couple of quick tests, and paying a pretty reasonable fee, I was out of there in probably less than half an hour total. Now, some people have more complicated situations, and some people clearly don't check out all the online resources before coming, but at least from my perspective it was a pretty smooth experience and the people working there seemed like they knew what they were doing.