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Original plan of Mills Building and gardens or courtyards.

The SHPO report outlines the history of SHPO involvement in the Mills Building including nominating the building to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. In 1983-1984 a feasibility study was…

Map of Bull Street Campus drawn in 1941 to mark gasoline and kerosine lines. Image has been cropped to show detail of Mills Building and its outbuildings.

The 1963 annual report includes several pages discussing the lowering of the brick wall that first surrounded the Mills Building, and was later extended as the campus expanded. The report includes two historic photographs of the North Façade in 1861…

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…

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

The article in The State newspaper highlights the nearly complete rehabilitation of the Mills Building and construction of a modern addition, connected to the east wing on the south elevation. The article reveals that the building was purchased under…

Survey report of the physical condition of buildings at both the Bull Street Campus and the State Park Campus. This excerpt includes the portions concerning the Mills Building, which functioned as the nurses' quarters at the time of the survey. The…

Pages 16-17 are an excerpt from the regents report, with a request for additional space and/or architectural repairs. Pages 32-36 list acts of legislation concerning the Lunatic Asylum, including the establishiment of a board of regents to oversee…

Annual Report of the Lunatic Asylum of South Carolina for 1849. Includes discussion of additions or wings to the Asylum, as well as a greenhouse.