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The SHPO report outlines the history of SHPO involvement in the Mills Building including nominating the building to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and as a National Historic Landmark in 1974. In 1983-1984 a feasibility study was…

Original plan of Mills Building and gardens or courtyards.

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1882, including the report of the Building Committee discussing the completion of the north wing of the new building and move of white patients into these new…

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1910, discussing land proposals for a new State Asylum for African American patients, construction of a two-story addition on the north wing of the main…

Print of a photograph in the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1911, depicting the front walkway leading up to the Babcock Building's center section. Most of the wings of the building is obscured by trees.

An excerpt from the Annual Report, Division of Administration Services stating that the Thompson Building and the Parker Building were demolished

These minutes talk about the developments and repairs needed for the dining halls and kitchen.

Babcock objects to probate judges committing people to the hospital who are accused of crimes. He says those cases are within the purview of criminal courts, not civil courts. On a related note, he asks that the state penitentiary create its own…

Williams once again implores the state government to fund a building for patients undergoing forensic evaluation. The hospital receives blame when these patients escape. He also mentions regular patients who are prone to violence and require a secure…

This is a net amount of each of the buildings in 1931.