This stacks room as it appeared Tuesday, after renovation, at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. The rest of the stained glass windows will be reinstalled after they're done being repaired, but the painting over fireplace is not returning.

This April 11, 2015, photo shows the stacks room before renovation at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta.

From left, Sue Clain, Wendy Wingate, Helen Oliver, Dorothy Merrick and Kate Sanborn look around on Saturday in the renovated 1896 reading room at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. Oliver and Merrick, who both live in The Inn At City Hall, are longtime library patrons and were the first inside for tour after the ribbon-cutting reopening the library.

A crowd of visitors looks around Saturday at the newly expanded and reopened Lithgow Public Library in Augusta.

From left, Dorothy Merrick, Kate Sanborn, Helen Oliver, Wendy Wingate and Sue Clain look around Saturday in the renovated 1896 section of Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. Oliver and Merrick, who both live in The Inn At City Hall, are longtime library patrons and were the first inside for a tour after the ribbon-cutting reopening the library.

Mari Voorhies looks at books in the children's room Saturday at the newly expanded and reopened Lithgow Public Library in Augusta.

City Councilor Anna Blodgett looks at a case in a board room Saturday at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. The metal plaques from the ends of bookcases in the 1896 section of library are displayed in the small first-floor meeting room.