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A report of the conditions of the buildings on the State Mental Hospital campus in 1949. The report lists individual buildings and gives a brief description of each. I have included the pages for the Parker Building and the Parker Annex.

one sheet from a collection of monthly report of expenditures for Permanent Improvements for the Parker Building.

Original plan of the first story of the Mills Building, showing the central structure, with two flanking wings to east and west. Also describes room functions.

Original plan of the basement, or ground floor, of the Mills Building, showing two flanking wings to the east and west of the central structure. Groin vaults are marked with "X." Description of room functions.

Original plan of the attic story of the Mills Building. This story served hospital and surgical functions and also lead to roof top "premenades." The roof of the central structure served as as a rooftop garden for visitors, while the roof of the…

Original plan of Mills Building and gardens or courtyards.

A reproduction of the original legislative act authorizing the construction of a Lunatic Asylum in South Carolina. It lists commissioners, as well as preliminary plans and construction materials for a building.

Interior photograph of the Mills Building shows interior features including doors, molding, window, and groin vault.

Photograph shows several brick and wooden structures in the south yard of the Mills Building.

Photograph shows African-American women standing in fron tof the North façade of the Mills Building, and also shows a porch addition to the central portion of the building, on the west elevation.