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The South Carolina State Hospital was a publicly funded state-run psychiatric hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it was one of the first public mental hospitals established in the United States.
Aug 1, 2016 · It is the third-oldest state mental institution in the United States. The original building, named after its architect, Robert Mills, is the nation’s oldest surviving state mental hospital structure and a National Historical Landmark. In the early twenty-first century it was occupied by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Oct 23, 2022 · From the establishment of the South Carolina State Hospital over 175 years ago, to the beginning of community mental health services in the 1920's, to the evolution of a complex mental health care delivery system, South Carolina has achieved an impressive record in its efforts to meet the needs of its mentally ill citizens.
The South Carolina State Hospital, now the Department of Mental Health, was born as the state Lunatic Asylum and created by an act of the General Assembly in 1821. It took many years of struggle before the doors actually opened and the first patient arrived in December 1828.
Feb 27, 2020 · Known statewide as “Bull Street” because its entrance lies at the corner of Bull and Elmwood, the South Carolina State Hospital was the nation’s second-oldest public mental facility, admitting its first patient in 1828.
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.
Down on Bull Street is a one-hour program that explores the evolution and history of the South Carolina State Hospital and its efforts to provide services to the mentally ill.
Jan 13, 2020 · Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. Founded in 1821 as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, it housed, fed and treated thousands of patients incapable of surviving on their own.
- William Buchheit
Designed by Robert Mills, this building is the original hospital structure of the South Carolina State Hospital for the mentally ill.
Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses the history of the South Carolina State Hospital with William Buchheit. William has worked as a journalist in the upstate of South Carolina for nearly two decades.
