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An excerpt from the Annual Report for the Year 1928-Architects Report briefly summarizing the need for a new building for Tuberculosis patients and that the Parker Annex is currently housing these patients. It also talks about turning the Parker…

Letter to Van Bergen Maas-Rowe Carillons on the installation of the hospital's bell in the chapel. A bell that was once located at the hospital’s main entrance, used to announce the hour of the day from 1896 to 1952, was also added to the steeple.

Chaplain Edwin Abiel Bolles annual report discusses the chaplaincy workload and the local asssitance from Columbia clergy.

Chaplain Edwin Abiel Bolles report describes the move of the Chapel to the Babcock building. Referred to as the New Asylum Chapel.

A State Newspaper about the Garden Club of South Carolina, a columbia organization that donated a garden to the Chaepl of Hope.

Superintendent report showing the renovation of wooden buildings formerly used for African-American patients. The buildings were temporarily used as a chapel.

State newspaper story about the dedication of the chapel.

Blueprint showing the plan view of the Chapel of Hope, blueprint sheet A4. The perspective includes the East entrance and the South side of the chapel.

Letter from Lafaye, Fair, Lafaye and Associates showing a design change to the Chapel of Hope that includes a portico and steeple as features, not included in the original plan.

Special coverage from the Palmetto Variety hospital newsletter highlights the long history of religion at the South Carolina State Hospital and the building of the Chapel of Hope.