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"The committee recommended a $3,000,000 appropriation to replace the condemned Taylor Building, housing 270 'highly exciteable' patients at the State Hospital, and to provide a central kitchen at the institution."

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1915, describing a massive alteration project across the campus. Included are short descriptions of the buildings' contemporary uses, ultimate renovation goals…

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1916, continuing the report on the massive alteration project across the campus begun in the previous year. Included are short descriptions of the buildings'…

Records that the Wilson building was enlarged in 1952 to accommodate tubercular men and women patients, confirming that LaBorde no longer housed white male tuberculosis patients by 1952.

Describes the enlargement of one ward building at the Columbia campus to house both male and female tuberculosis patients, making 100 beds available. By 1951, LaBorde no longer housed TB patients.