Anyone born in the former Aiken County Hospital can be part of a group picture to be taken in front of the building at 828 Richland Ave. W. at 2 p.m. Saturday.
A photographer will be at the event, and photographs should be available to download on the "Aiken Natives" or "I Grew Up in Aiken, SC" Facebook pages.
People also can bring a family member or friend with a camera to take a picture.
Parking is available on the grounds or next door at the former Aiken County Council building. Participants also can park west of the old hospital in front of the building on Vaucluse Road that originally was nursing quarters and later housed Veterans Affairs.
The Aiken County Hospital opened in 1936 and closed in 1976, when a new, private hospital opened on University Parkway. The building housed County government offices from 1976 until they were moved to a new complex on University Parkway in 2014.
The building has been empty since then.
Its future is uncertain, although Aiken County Council has removed funds for demolition of the facility from its budget for now.
The rain date for the photograph will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 22.
For more information and updates, visit the "Aiken Natives" or "I Grew Up in Aiken, SC" pages on Facebook. The sites are closed groups, but membership is open to people who were born or grew up in Aiken or Aiken County.
A native of Aiken, Larry Wood is a general assignment reporter.