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This photo, published in the pamphlet for the South Carolina State Museum exhibit, "Changing Minds, Opening Doors: A South Carolina Perspective of Mental Health Care," which ran from 1994 to 1995, shows several African-American female patients…

The plan shows a map of the Bull Street site in 1909, drawn by an associate of Shand & Lafaye Architects.

Photograph originally published in the Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of SC in 1910 shows several outbuildings behind the kitchen of the African-American female ward, or the Mills Building. Two buildings mentioned in the caption…

Photograph originally published in the Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of SC in 1910 shows the interior of an African-American female ward. The wooden structure is described as "a dangerous fire risk; more of a jail than a hospital;…

Photograph shows African-American women standing in fron tof the North façade of the Mills Building, and also shows a porch addition to the central portion of the building, on the west elevation.

Photograph shows several brick and wooden structures in the south yard of the Mills Building.

Interior photograph of the Mills Building shows interior features including doors, molding, window, and groin vault.

A reproduction of the original legislative act authorizing the construction of a Lunatic Asylum in South Carolina. It lists commissioners, as well as preliminary plans and construction materials for a building.

Original plan of Mills Building and gardens or courtyards.

Original plan of the attic story of the Mills Building. This story served hospital and surgical functions and also lead to roof top "premenades." The roof of the central structure served as as a rooftop garden for visitors, while the roof of the…