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The Columbia Record article gives an overview of how the elderly crowd the SC Mental Hospital and the new 60 treatment plan to decrease patient stay. The hospital can turn away senile people but it can not turn away senile people who's families can…

LaBorde completely rebuilt with the installation of new floors, plumbing, lighting, air-conditioning, heating, windows. Space which was originally used for wards was divided into private rooms. LaBorde's exterior was painted. The entire project…

B&W chart showing discrepancy between South Carolina State Hospital's staffing numbers and working hours and the US average.

Forty patients from the overcrowded Parker Building were transferred to LaBorde, whose women's ward was vacated.

LaBorde, formerly for women patients, had been established for regressed, infirmary-type men.

A luncheon on March, 14, 1962 was held to celebrate the newly completed Food Service buidling at the State Park location.

"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."

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 1963 - 1964 Annual Report of the State Department of Mental Health provides details of the extensive chaplaincy operations and the announcement of the chapel building.

Lists LaBorde as "facing Parker" and constructed in 1929.