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

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

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1963, including a photograph on the cover depicting the front of the central section of Babcock looking at a northeast angle, an aerial photograph of the campus…

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…

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies Building No. 6 at State Park as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies Building No. 7 at State Park as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report notes the lack of emergency power generation. There is also no centralized locking system, but rather, multiple keys corresponding to various locks. In the event of an…

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies the Talley Building as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies the Taylor Building as one of the worst facilities at Bull Street and singles it out for a detailed evaluation. Inspectors consider it overcrowded, outdated,…

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies the Thompson Building as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.