Chapel of Hope
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Title
Chapel of Hope
Description
The Chapel of Hope is located on the campus of the South Carolina State Hospital in Columbia. It was built from 1963 to 1965 by the local architectural firm Lafaye, Fair, Lafaye and Associates. A Georgian style building with a Greek revival portico, the building also includes the Kempson Center, an extension on the northern side of the chapel, which housed the Academy for Pastoral Education.
Creator
Larry Lane
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Coverage
1963-present
Collection Items
The Academy for Pastoral Education
The Academy for Pastoral Education occupies the northern wing of the Chapel of Hope. The center instructed clergy in the complexities of administering religion to patients in a clinical setting.
The Colonial Gardens
The Colonial Gardens outside the Chapel of Hope was donated by Columbia’s Garden Club of South Carolina in 1967.
1963 - 1964 Annual Report, Chaplaincy
The 1963 - 1964 Annual Report of the State Department of Mental Health provides details of the extensive chaplaincy operations and the announcement of the chapel building.
Chaplain James Obert Kempson
Chaplain James Obert Kempson counsels a patient in the Kempson Center inside the Academy for Pastoral Education.
Formal Application to Build the Chapel of Hope
The formal application by Superintendent William Hall to build the Chapel of Hope.
The Blueprint for the Chapel of Hope, North and West side.
The blueprint showing the Chapel of Hope by Lafaye, Fair, Lafaye and Associates. Blueprint sheet A5. The perspective shows the North side with the Academy for Pastoral Education and the West side, the rear of the chapel.
Maximilian LaBorde 1842 Meeting Minutes
An 1842 record of meeting minutes showing Superintendent Maximilian Laborde request for assistance from local clergy.
Church Volunteer Services
Palmetto Variety newsletter article about Church Volunteer Services. This story predates the building of the chapel and shows the religious connection between the city and the hospital.
Good Neighbor Program
A news story about the Good Neighbor Program where churches from throughout Columbia adopted wards at the South Carolina State Hospital.