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South Carolina State Hospital, Mills Building, Richland County (2100 Bull St., Columbia), with 20 photos, at South Carolina Department of Archives and History Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-253, " Lunatic Asylum, Bull Street & Elmwood Avenue, Columbia, Richland County, SC ", 19 photos, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- 1822
- 1827
- South Carolina, United States
2 days ago · COLUMBIA — In 1848, Lowcountry aristocrat Mary P. Allston was a patient at the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum. The facility on Columbia's Bull Street was created two decades prior to serve South ...
Gated entrance on Bull Street, circa 1925. Image courtesy South Carolina Department of Archives and History Site Significance. Completed in phases from 1857-1885, the sprawling and iconic Babcock Building essentially served as the “front door” for the South Carolina State Hospital, a campus where hundreds of people lived and worked.
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Oct 25, 2021 · Bull Street Asylum was built in 1822 and was the second oldest asylum in the United States of America. Being one of Columbia’s five historic landmarks, the asylum was created so that it would not allow you to see the moon. It was believed that the moon contributed to the lunacy, the hospital representing its need to encompass and restrain ...
The future of the Bull Street site remains a matter of ambiguity and contention in the Columbia community. Bibliography: Archival Sources: Box 1, Series 190002, Mental Health Commission Annual Reports of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health 1838-1903, South Carolina Department of Archive and History, Columbia, SC.
Jul 23, 2019 · July 23, 2019. COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Lunatic Asylum admitted its first patient in 1828. Ever since, its impressive brick wards surrounded by nearly 200 acres of leafy lawns and ...
Mar 5, 2024 · Columbia, SC- March 5, 2024- There is still much to learn and much to share about our disabled community that was impacted by the South Carolina State Hospital, also commonly known as Bull Street. In pursuit of telling these stories and ensuring that these lives are not forgotten, a first-of-its-kind digital history exhibit focused on the lives ...
