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"Renovation at State Hospital Reveals Hidden Treasure"
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…
New Auditoriums for the State Hospital
Clipping from The Columbia Record, 1954, showing architect's conceptual drawings for auditoriums at Bull Street and State Park campuses.
"History of South Carolina Involvement with the Mills Building at the South Carolina State Hospital"
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…
State Hospital Patient Dies After 4 Foot Fall
Article from The State newspaper from 1965, about death of patient as result of patient falling or being pushed over Benet Auditorium railing, following auditorium program
"One Hundred and Fortieth Annual Report, South Carolina State Hospital"
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…
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 for the South Carolia State Hospital, Columbia, SC”The
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…
"South Carolina State Hospital, The Mills Building"
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…
One Hundred and Thirty Second Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital and Pineland, a State Training School for the Year Ending June 30, 1955
This report includes information about the budget, activities of staff and patients, building projects and other information for the year ending June 30, 1955. Document ncludes the cover of the report pages 150-151 (library services report) and…
One Hundred and Thirty Fifth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Year Ending June 30, 1958
This report includes information about the budget, activities of staff and patients, building projects and other information for the year ending June 30, 1958.