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On September 4, 1954 the new Food Service building was completed and contained a Cafeteria, Kitchen, and Bakery. Construction and Equipment cost was $1,281,901.52. This new building caters to feeding both Columbia and State Park divisions.

Image of the State Park Food Service Building with the following caption,"March 14-1962-Dedication, Luncheon and Tour for General Assembly of S.C. and other guests. March 6, 1962-Open House. March 19,1962-First meal served for patients and personel.…

"The new Food Service Center at the State Park Unit, S.C. State Hospital, completed in March 1962, impresses one with its tremendous size. The facility covers an acre and one third, a total of 58,750 square feet."

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.

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…

Construction contract and technical specifications for two Maximum Detention Buildings at the State Park campus for African American patients. Includes comprehensive list of materials and construction standards.

A map/plan showing the State Park Campus at the end of the Ninety-Seventh Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Year 1920.

"OLD KITCHEN at State Park Unit (left,above) gave way to gleaming new Food Service Building (right, above) in 1962. At left, Head Cook Warren Ducote at Columbia Unit, a former mess sergent at Fort Jackson and a Louisiana Frenchman, sends a sizable…

Lafaye lists priority construction projects, including a maximum detention building for male patients at State Park. The architects attribute the hospital's problems to the "lack of foresight and planning on the part of the good people of the…