Birth and Death of Bull Street's Buildings

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Title

Birth and Death of Bull Street's Buildings

Description

Items that show the construction, vacancy, and/or demolition of many buildings on the Bull Street Campus in Columbia, South Carolina.

Creator

Kim Campbell

Rights

Refer to items for rights statements

Coverage

1821 to present

Collection Items

Chapel Cornerstone Ceremony at S.C. Hospital
A story about the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Chapel of Hope with dollar amounts

The Chapel of Hope Dedication
Photo from dedication ceremony. Interior photo of Chapel of Hope, Ground level

Architecture New Mental Health Aid in S.C.
Article about architecture of William S. Hall Building form 1964, includes picture of auditorium in that building

Report of the Regents and the Superintendent's Report from the The Eighty-Sixth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane for the Year 1909
An excerpt from the Annual Report for the year 1909-Superintendent's Report summarizing previous annual reports in order to convey a need for a second building for African American patients

Dormitory Capacity as of 1964
Lists buildings that serve as patient dormitories, their bed capacity, and the year of completion

Brief Histories of Mills, Babcock, and Canteen
Brief history with dates of construction of Mills, Babcock, and Canteen (completed March 18, 1949)

Selections from Annual Report 1976-1977
Details Talley Building's demolition

Minutes Board Regents South Carolina State Hospital Jan. 10, 1929 to Dec. 12, 1929. H. T. Patterson, Sec.
Board Regents minutes from May 29, 1929: Records bids received for building the Tuberculosis ward at the State Hospital in Columbia, and the decision to accept the lowest bid, proposed by Mechanics Contracting Co., of $22,981.

1941 Map of State Mental Hospital, Columbia campus
Map of State Mental Hospital, LaBorde is labeled as "W.M.T.B. 1929" - Perhaps stands for White Male Tuberculosis. Note that the building is still not called LaBorde in 1941.

Bed Capacity Report, S.C. State Hospital Employee Orientation Manual
Employee orientation manual; bed capacity report; LaBorde listed as Pre-Release unit, ward 122, capacity of 34.
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