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Annual Report of the Lunatic Asylum of South Carolina for 1849. Includes discussion of additions or wings to the Asylum, as well as a greenhouse.

Pages 16-17 are an excerpt from the regents report, with a request for additional space and/or architectural repairs. Pages 32-36 list acts of legislation concerning the Lunatic Asylum, including the establishiment of a board of regents to oversee…

This packet inlcudes a timeline for the Mills Building and photos of the mid-1980s rehabilitation of the building and the new addition

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…

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…

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…

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…

Report of the history of the Mills Building and the wall written by Department of Mental Health secretary and archivist, Inez Fripp. The report discusses original establishment and construction, alterations, changes in function, and also changes in…

Report of the history of the Mills Building and the wall written by Department of Mental Health secretary and archivist, Inez Fripp. The report discusses original establishment and construction, alterations, changes in function, and also changes in…

The October, 1962 edition of the Palmetto Variety includes several pages on the history of the Mills Building and the wall, as well as several of the original outbuildings behind Mills, which were torn down after the wall was lowered. Mrs. Inez…