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Photograph of the front of the Laundry, facing Mills Drive. The building's cupola can easily be seen from this view.

Construction contract and technical specifications for four Maximum Detention Buildings at the Bull Street campus. Includes comprehensive list of materials and construction standards.

Photograph of the primary entrance to the Bakery, illustrating the Classical architecturally-inspired archways of the doorways and windows.

Bird's-eye view of the proposed Maximum Detention Buildings. Drawn for Lafaye & Lafaye by Ted Kautzky, noted American artist and draftsman (1896-1953). Signed, "Ted Kautzky, Del." The abbreviation is a standard artist's notation: "Delineavit," Latin…

Photograph of the white-washed brick extension of the Bakery where flour and bread were stored.

The Board of Regents commends Governor Byrnes and the General Assembly for an emergency appropriation of $5,000,000 for FY 1952-53. The board reiterates the "utterly inadequate" facilities for high risk patients, including the disgraceful condition…

Close up of part of the Bakery covered in vines. The window featured has broken panes, and some bricks have fallen out of place.

A report on the 1952 State of the State address by Gov. James Byrnes. Byrnes defines the state's top priorities as improvement at the state hospital and defense of school segregation. He calls for an emergency appropriation to fund construction at…

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

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