S.C. State Hospital-1827 to 1954

S.C. State Hospital-1827 to 1954

Inez Fripp gives a brief history of the hospital and updates on the latest four buildings, including the Food Service building."The earliest attempt to provide a special place for the mentally ill in South Carolina was made by the Fellowship Society in Charleston in 1772. Apparently a great deal of good was accomplished but a building was never secured for that purpose." "The establishment of the institution for the care of the mentally ill resulted from the inspiration, determination, and perserverance of Colonel Samuel Farrow(1760-1824), member House of Representatives from Spartanburg County, known as father of the hospital; and of Major William Crafts, Jr." Even with the construction of the Food Service Building and the four other structures, "the overcrowding will not be relieved to any extent."

Inez Fripp

Box 1, Series S190008 SDMH Scrapbooks-2. State Service Magazine March 1954 South Carolina Department of Archives and History

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