Browse Collections (15 total)

Trezevant

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Patient ward for elderly white women.

Parker Annex

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The Parker Annex building on the South Carolina State Hospital, in Columbia, SC.

Mills

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Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, SC

Maximum Detention Buildings

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Built in 1953, the Maximum Detention Buildings were secure facilities for the hospital’s high risk patients. All four buildings were named after…

Mattress Factory

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The Mattress Factory at the South Carolina State Hospital site.

Contributors: Cassie Ballard

LaBorde

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Designed by the Columbia architect firm Lafaye & Lafaye, the Laborde Building originally housed white male tuberculosis patients and was known as the…

Kitchen and Dining Rooms

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Kitchen and Dining Rooms, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, SC

Food Service

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The Food Service Building was built in 1954 to meet the demands of feeding an ever increasing population. The new Food Service Building could produce…

Ensor

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Ensor Research Laboratory, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, SC

Dix Drive Cottages

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Five bungalows on Dix Drive, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, SC