Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital

Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital
Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital in 1960
Location 2100 Bull St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°0′52″N 81°2′0″W / 34.01444°N 81.03333°WCoordinates: 34°0′52″N 81°2′0″W / 34.01444°N 81.03333°W
Built 1822
Architect Robert Mills; Samuel Sloan
Architectural style No Style Listed
Governing body State
NRHP Reference # 70000890
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 5, 1970[1]
Designated NHL November 7, 1973[2]

Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital, formerly known as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, is a building designed by Robert Mills in Columbia, South Carolina.

Although it has not had mental patients since 1937, the National Park Service states: "Constructed between 1822 and 1827, this is the oldest building in the country to be used continuously as a mental institution and one of the first mental hospitals built with public funds."[2]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[2][3]

Mills building in 2012

Additions to the building were designed by Samuel Sloan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  3. ↑ Tray Stephenson and Bernard Kearse (May 2, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: South Carolina State Hospital Mills Building" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying three photos, exterior and interior, from 1970 and undated PDF (32 KB)
  4. ↑ "South Carolina State Hospital, Mills Building, Richland County (2100 Bull St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina listing. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

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