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Lafaye reports on the construction of the Maximum Detention Buildings. This was the first project funded by the emergency appropriation from the General Assembly.

The commission reports on building progress at the hospital. The maximum detention buildings are under construction, and the commission calls them the "latest in modern design" and a "credit to the institution."

Construction contract and technical specifications for four Maximum Detention Buildings at the Bull Street campus. Includes comprehensive list of materials and construction standards.

Bird's-eye view of the proposed Maximum Detention Buildings. Drawn for Lafaye & Lafaye by Ted Kautzky, noted American artist and draftsman (1896-1953). Signed, "Ted Kautzky, Del." The abbreviation is a standard artist's notation: "Delineavit," Latin…

The Board of Regents commends Governor Byrnes and the General Assembly for an emergency appropriation of $5,000,000 for FY 1952-53. The board reiterates the "utterly inadequate" facilities for high risk patients, including the disgraceful condition…

A report on the 1952 State of the State address by Gov. James Byrnes. Byrnes defines the state's top priorities as improvement at the state hospital and defense of school segregation. He calls for an emergency appropriation to fund construction at…

Echoing the previous year's report, Lafaye lists the hospital's emergency needs, including a 300-bed maximum detention building at Bull Street.

Lafaye lists priority construction projects, including a 300-bed maximum detention building at Bull Street.

Lafaye clarifies a payment agreement with the hospital. In 1942, the Lafaye firm drew up plans for "Criminal Insane" buildings, but the project was shelved. In 1948, the hospital commissioned a new set of plans. Lafaye tells Shelley that the 1948…

Lafaye requests payment for revised Maximum Detention Building plans. Hoping to resume the project, shelved in 1942, the Board of Regents commissioned new drawings in October 1948. The project once again is on hold, but it still owes the architects…