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"Report for the South Carolia State Hospital, Columbia, SC”The
Survey report of the physical condition of buildings at both the Bull Street Campus and the State Park Campus. This excerpt includes the portions concerning the Mills Building, which functioned as the nurses' quarters at the time of the survey. The…
"Renovation at State Hospital Reveals Hidden Treasure"
The article in The State newspaper highlights the nearly complete rehabilitation of the Mills Building and construction of a modern addition, connected to the east wing on the south elevation. The article reveals that the building was purchased under…
"Plan of Grounds"
The plan shows a map of the Bull Street site in 1909, drawn by an associate of Shand & Lafaye Architects.
"Parker Building and Parker Annex" from the Report of the South Carolina State Hospital, S.C
A report of the conditions of the buildings on the State Mental Hospital campus in 1949. The report lists individual buildings and gives a brief description of each. I have included the pages for the Parker Building and the Parker Annex.
"Outbuildings in rear of kitchen of colored women's building."
Photograph originally published in the Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of SC in 1910 shows several outbuildings behind the kitchen of the African-American female ward, or the Mills Building. Two buildings mentioned in the caption…
"One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital, for the Year Ending June 30, 1950"
This report explains the kitchen needs to be remodeled because of the poor condition it is in.
"One Hundred and Twenty-Nineth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital and Pineland, a State Training School, for the Year Ending June 30, 1952"
This report mentions the intent to replace the old kitchen with a new facility that could serve both State Park and the Columbia division.
"One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital, for the Year Ending June 30, 1951"
This report cites the inadequate conditions of the kitchen and also offers a brief overview of the construction from 1915.
"One Hundred and Thirtieth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Year Ending June 30, 1953"
This report explains the money appropriated for the construction of the new food services building, which oficially replaced the kitchen.
"One Hundred and Fortieth Annual Report, South Carolina State Hospital"
The 1963 annual report includes several pages discussing the lowering of the brick wall that first surrounded the Mills Building, and was later extended as the campus expanded. The report includes two historic photographs of the North Façade in 1861…