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This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies the Taylor Building as one of the worst facilities at Bull Street and singles it out for a detailed evaluation. Inspectors consider it overcrowded, outdated,…

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies the Thompson Building as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies the Talley Building as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report notes the lack of emergency power generation. There is also no centralized locking system, but rather, multiple keys corresponding to various locks. In the event of an…

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies Building No. 6 at State Park as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies Building No. 7 at State Park as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

Lafaye requests payment for revised Maximum Detention Building plans. Hoping to resume the project, shelved in 1942, the Board of Regents commissioned new drawings in October 1948. The project once again is on hold, but it still owes the architects…

Lafaye clarifies a payment agreement with the hospital. In 1942, the Lafaye firm drew up plans for "Criminal Insane" buildings, but the project was shelved. In 1948, the hospital commissioned a new set of plans. Lafaye tells Shelley that the 1948…

Lafaye lists priority construction projects, including a 300-bed maximum detention building at Bull Street.

Echoing the previous year's report, Lafaye lists the hospital's emergency needs, including a 300-bed maximum detention building at Bull Street.