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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.

Discusses the Department's plan for various physical facilities with regard to the 1964 Civil Rights Act

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.

"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…

"Mr. Geiger announced that fresh produce from our farm was served in the dining rooms last week. Dr, Hall stated that 'the patients at State Park are commended for the part they played in gathering the produce."

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."

With the war in Europe ended, the architects recommend that the hospital try again to construct a building for patients with "criminal tendencies."

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…

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.