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Hospital adminstrative staff use sledgehammers to lower the orginal wall surrounding the hospital and separating the campus from the Columbia community.

A report from the Superintendent C.F. Williams that mentions the first donations to the chapel fund coming from the patients and the Columbia community.

An architect's drawing of the Chapel of Hope.

Chaplain J. Obert Kempson (left) and Dr. Williams S. Hall, State Commissioner of Mental Health and Superintendent of State Hospitals participate in a cornerstone ceremony for the Chapel of Hope.

A construction progress photo shows the east front of the Chapel of Hope and the steeple.

The Mental Health Bell, displayed during an April 29, 1964 Mental Health Week conference. Once located at the hospital’s main entrance, used to announce the hour of the day from 1896 to 1952, the bell was also added to the steeple

The contents of the chapel's cornerstone includes several historical documents and religious text illustrating the intent for the chapel to be a multi-denominational facility.

An image showing the stained glass window of the Babcock Building. The chapel located on the third floor of the building before being moved to the Benet Auditorium.

The annual report by Superintendent Coyt Ham illustrates efforts to provide services at both the Columbia campus and the State Park campus. The report also shows an early pastoral education program and prograss on the Church Building Fund.

An excerpt from Hughes Development Corporation Bull Street Neighborhood Planned Unit Development Submittal shows the intent to keep the chapel.