City Council Approves Plans for Baseball Stadium
2014
Columbia City Council votes 4-3 in favor of plans for a city-owned baseball stadium to be built on the Bull Street property.
MoreA group of three students from the class in charge of production of the Digitizing Bull Street website - Meg Southern, Robert Olguin, and Clara Bertagnolli - have developed this timeline as an expansive outline of the history of the Bull Street site, the buildings constructed on it, and the people important to it, along with local and national historic contexts.
View options for this interactive timeline can be accessed via the circular 3d button on the bottom left side and the circular wrench button on the bottom right side.
“The location of Columbia, South Carolina’s capital, was chosen in 1786 to resolve a conflict for control of the state between the rich, powerful planters of the Low Country and the more numerous Piedmont farmers of the Up Country. The political compromise was to locate the capital equidistant between the sections on the sand hills overlooking the confluence of the Saluda and Broad rivers where the Congaree is formed.” (Marion Lucas, Burning of Columbia, p.19)
View on timelineSouth Carolina's capital city shifted from Charleston to Columbia in 1791.
View on timelineMajor William Crafts, a senator from Charleston County, spearheaded the legislation which authorized the construction of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum and the School for the Deaf and Dumb.
View on timeline(1760-1824) Samuel Farrow gained prestige and recognition through his participation in the military, eventually rising to the rank of Colonel. From his military service and former occupation as a lawyer, Farrow decided to pursue politics and became a member of the House of representatives (1812-1816). Known as the "Father of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, Farrow was an essential component to the initiation and creation of the Asylum.
View on timeline(1781-1855) Born in Charleston, S.C., Robert Mills was an architect for many public buildings within the state of South Carolina. In addition, Mills was the architect for the first building of the Hospital. The building's cornerstone was laid on December 21, 1821 and was completed on December 18, 1827. His most recognizable design, however, was the Washington Monument which is located in Washington D.C.
View on timelineAppointed in 1821, James Davis was a member of the Board of Commissioners that worked alongside Samuel Farrow and William Crafts in acquiring resources to purchase the land for the South Carolina Insane Asylum. Once construction started, the Board asked Davis to travel north and research other established Insane Asylums. After Davis came back and reported his findings, he was appointed as the first physician of the Asylum.
View on timelineThe hospital is established as the "South Carolina Lunatic Asylum."
View on timelineThe first building of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum is constructed, designed by Robert Mills with brickwork by William Gray.
View on timelineSC General Assembly passes act to begin construction for a lunatic asylum.
View on timelineFour acres are purchased within Columbia to accommodate 80 to 100 patients with room for expansion.
View on timelineAppointed in January 1835, Daniel Trezevant succeeded Dr. James Davis as the physician for the Lunatic Asylum. Trezevant also served as a member of the Board of Regents.
View on timelineJohn Parker became the first Superintendent of the Asylum in 1836, mainly because Daniel Trezevant, with the support of James Davis, realized the responsibilities of the Asylum were too large for the Head Physician to handle on their own. After stepping down as Superintendent, Parker became an assistant physician in 1876.
View on timelineAn addition is made to the Mills Building. Another matching addition is constructed later, in 1844.
View on timelineOriginal construction of Sidney/Seaboard/Finlay Park. Constructed under the supervision of city councilman Algernon Sidney Johnston in the 1840s, the public park featured trees, paths, reflecting pools, benches, and a bandstand.
View on timelineThe Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, also known as AMSAII, is organized.
View on timelineAdditional forty acres acquired for the Insane Asylum.
View on timelineWilliam Glaze and James Boatwright established the Palmetto Armory in 1852. It became Palmetto Iron Works in 1854, and produced various firearms for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
View on timelineThe New Asylum building is constructed in five stages.
View on timelineA native of Charleston, South Carolina, George Walker was the initial architect of the New Asylum in 1857. Following the framework of the Kirkbride plan, Walker developed and defined the plans for the the building’s construction, however, only was under contract to complete the South Wing of the New Asylum, finishing his work in 1858.
View on timelineAn advocate and national leader in promoting humane care for the mentally ill, Dorothea Dix made two visits to the South Carolina Insane Asylum. Dix first visit in 1852 was on her own accord and had no affiliation with the Asylum. In 1859, and as part of an effort to improve the Asylum’s conditions, the Board requested Dix participation in articulating suggestions to advance and modify the Asylum.
View on timelineThe Confederate Army fires on Fort Sumter in Charleston, starting the Civil War.
View on timelinePresident Abraham Lincoln sets forth the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all enslaved people in the United States.
View on timelineA camp is constructed on the south end of the Lunatic Asylum campus, to be used as a prison camp for Union officers.
View on timelineCongress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.
View on timelineOne third of the city burned as a result of conflict brought on by the occupation of Union troops.
View on timelineGeneral Robert E. Lee surrenders the Confederate army to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army, thus ending the Civil War.
View on timelineJoshua Ensor became a superintendent of the Asylum in 1869. Ensor eventually resigned eight years later on December 31, 1877.
View on timelineAn act to guarantee equal public treatment of African-Americans; states react with Jim Crow Laws.
View on timelinePeter Griffin became an asylum superintendent in 1878 and resigned towards the end of 1890.
View on timelineThomas Edison invents the first incandescent lightbulb, starting the popularization of electricity.
View on timelineA half acre within Elmwood Cemetery is purchased for patient burials.
View on timelineA laundry building is constructed behind the Babcock Building.
View on timelineThe laundry building burns down, and a new one is constructed in its place.
View on timelineOriginally from Chester, South Carolina, Babcock graduated from Harvard University. Babcock pioneered research regarding Pellagra, which is a disease caused by malnutrition and deficient diets. In 1891, Babcock became the superintendent of the State Hospital, holding that position until 1914.
View on timelineThe institution's name changes to the "South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane."
View on timelineAdditional one hundred and ten acres and four dwelling houses acquired.
View on timeline$27,003.00 paid for the recent acquisition of one hundred and ten acres and four dwelling houses.
View on timelineMain Street streetcar lines were extended north beyond modern Elmwood Avenue. It provided greater connectivity between the Hyatt Park and Eau Claire neighborhoods to downtown.
View on timelineOriginally known as Epworth Orphanage, Epworth Children's Home provided care for Columbia's parentless children.
View on timelineThe Supreme Court rules "separate but equal" to be constitutional.
View on timelineAdditional property of a house and lot facing Bull street acquired for $3,000.00
View on timelineConstruction of a new road within the property connecting Bull Street to the old Asylum road.
View on timelineThe Parker Building is completed to house African-American patients.
View on timelineA bakery building is constructed behind Babcock, across from the laundry building.
View on timelineColumbia gained its first suburban neighborhood in 1902, when architecturally distinctive cottages fronting Bull Street established the beginnings of Cottontown.
View on timelineColumbia City Council votes 4-3 in favor of plans for a city-owned baseball stadium to be built on the Bull Street property.
MoreDeveloper Bob Hughes reveals his plans for construction on the Bull Street site, including a proposed city-owned baseball stadium. The council signs...
MoreChester DePratter, an archaeologist from the University of South Carolina, begins a four-month excavation on the Bull Street site with students and...
MoreBob Hughes agrees to purchase the property of the former State Hospital from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, and establishes himself...
MoreThe Benet Auditorium, the Horger Library, and the Trezevant Building are officially closed to use.
MoreThe kitchen and congregate dining halls attached the Babcock Building fall into disuse.
MoreThe Food Services building stops food production. For the next few years, it is used as a reception point for food made at the State Park campus,...
MoreAll four Maximum Security Wards are closed by this point, with the exception of clinical activity in Saunders.
MoreAll operations are moved out of the Babcock Building, and it is officially closed.
MoreCongress passes the Americans with Disabilities Act, also known as the ADA.
MoreTrezevant is renovated again, this time to accommodate use as a pharmacy.
MoreSecurity on the Cooper Maximum Security Ward is enhanced, and part of the space is adapted to house the Forensics division of the William S. Hall...
MoreThe Mills Building undergoes a major rehabilitation, and a new addition is constructed.
MoreThe Parker Building is demolished. The Parker Annex is left standing.
MoreMajor renovations to Trezevant include the brick infill of several windows and the application of a brick wash to the exterior.
MoreThe exterior of LaBorde is painted, and new floors, lighting, air conditioning, heating, and windows are installed.
More"Souder v. Brennan found that minimum wage and overtime pay appled to patient workers at nonfederal hospitals and institutions for persons with mental...
MoreCommunity donations helped purchase and install an organ and vases in the Chapel of Hope.
MoreThe William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, a research facility for the care of children and adolescents, is constructed on the north end of the...
MoreContents of the cornerstone included items symbolic of the Chapel's nondenominational affiliation.
MoreThis Act disallows discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or gender.
MoreThe Department of Mental Health was established as a separate entity from the government arm, tasked with creating a more comprehensive system of...
MoreThe ground is broken to initiate the construction of the new chapel.
MoreThis Act is result of the work of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health.
MorePhysicians' residences A & B are renovated to accommodate air conditioning, and to include additional living space.
MoreThe Byrnes Building is constructed as a hospital facility for the campus.
MoreThe Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health is established by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association.
MoreThe local architects Lafaye, Fair, and Lafaye construct a new auditorium and library. They are dedicated as Benet Auditorium and Horger Library in...
MoreA Food Services building is constructed on the east side of campus to accommodate food production for both the South Carolina State Hospital campus...
MoreChlorpormazine is approved by the FDA for the treatment of mental health.
MoreFour buildings are constructed at the far east end of campus to house violent patients. These buildings, built to house up to 608 patients, include...
MoreS&M builders construction on the five physicians' residences, all of which were occupied by the time of the hospital's 1955 annual report.
MoreDr. Hall served as the Hospital's superintendent from September 1, 1952 to April 19, 1969. Following this position, he became the first State...
MoreThe canteen, a small convenience store, is constructed on the north end of campus.
MoreNorth Columbia Fire Station No. 7 Constructed in 1948. South Carolina architect Heyward S. Singley designed this Art Moderne and International Style...
MoreJapan surrenders to the Allies, bringing World War II to an end.
MoreThe United States drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, to cause Japan to surrender unconditionally in World War II. Three days...
MoreGermany surrenders and signs a peace treaty, ending WWII on the European front.
MoreGermany declares war on the United States, bringing the country into the European theater of World War II.
MoreAfter Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the United States declares war on Japan.
MoreMaterials from the dismantling of Dix Cottage are used to construct the Colored Nurses Home at the State Park campus.
MoreIn 1938, the General Assembly approved construction for a research laboratory, finishing construction in April 1939, and opening its doors for use a...
MoreThe Williams Building is constructed as a reception building and a ward for acute patients.
MoreJames Kempson spent approximately thirty years of service as the chief chaplain for the S.C. State Hospital from 1933 to 1965. During his time with...
MoreRobert S. Lafaye draws up plans for Trezevant, and construction begins the same year. Trezevant was intended to house the Hospital's "old and infirm"...
MoreLaBorde is constructed on the State Hospital campus as a tuberculosis pavilion.
MoreThe stock market crashes, plunging the United States into the Great Depression.
MoreAfrican American male patients are moved out of the Parker Annex to the State Park campus.
MoreGeorge E. Lafaye, Sr. and his brother Robert S. Lafaye begin working in Columbia as "Lafaye and Lafaye." They managed many contracts for the Hospital...
MoreThe United States declares war on Germany, bringing the country into World War I.
MoreFormerly providing housing for white female patients, Dix Cottage was converted to house the hospital's nurses.
MoreThe Babcock Building undergoes a major rehabilitation. The inside is essentially gutted and reformatted to accommodate dormitories instead of...
MoreRichard Manning was the 92nd governor of South Carolina, serving from January 19, 1915 – January 21, 1919. Manning was rather conscious of the...
MoreDr. Williams was appointed as superintendent by Governor Manning in 1915. During his thirty year tenure, Williams oversaw the construction of thirty...
MoreIn 1909, the Board of Regents contracted George Lafaye to survey the conditions of the Asylum and produce a report recommending renovations within the...
MoreThe origin and construction of the Mattress Factory remains unknown, mainly because the known evidence articulates different information, however, it...
MoreIn 1909, a legislative report was conducted which examined the conditions of the existing structures within the asylum. This report argued and...
MoreThomas Strait succeeded Dr. J.W. Babcock in March of 1914, only to resign on May 1, 1915, largely due to his inexperience and lack of authority.
MoreMrs. Fripp served as secretary for the South Carolina State Hospital for over 50 years. During her time, she compiled a vast number of files on the...
MoreThe Parker Annex is constructed to ease overcrowding in the Parker Building.
MoreA building is built on the north of campus to be used as a ward for white female patients.
MoreThe United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a home for Civil War veterans in Cottontown in 1908. It closed in 1957 and was demolished shortly...
MoreThe Talley Building is constructed as a ward building for white female patients.
MoreColumbia gained its first suburban neighborhood in 1902, when architecturally distinctive cottages fronting Bull Street established the beginnings of...
MoreA bakery building is constructed behind Babcock, across from the laundry building.
MoreThe Parker Building is completed to house African-American patients.
MoreConstruction of a new road within the property connecting Bull Street to the old Asylum road.
MoreAdditional property of a house and lot facing Bull street acquired for $3,000.00
MoreOriginally known as Epworth Orphanage, Epworth Children's Home provided care for Columbia's parentless children.
MoreMain Street streetcar lines were extended north beyond modern Elmwood Avenue. It provided greater connectivity between the Hyatt Park and Eau Claire...
More$27,003.00 paid for the recent acquisition of one hundred and ten acres and four dwelling houses.
MoreThe institution's name changes to the "South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane."
MoreOriginally from Chester, South Carolina, Babcock graduated from Harvard University. Babcock pioneered research regarding Pellagra, which is a disease...
MoreThe laundry building burns down, and a new one is constructed in its place.
MoreA half acre within Elmwood Cemetery is purchased for patient burials.
MoreThomas Edison invents the first incandescent lightbulb, starting the popularization of electricity.
MorePeter Griffin became an asylum superintendent in 1878 and resigned towards the end of 1890.
MoreAn act to guarantee equal public treatment of African-Americans; states react with Jim Crow Laws.
MoreJoshua Ensor became a superintendent of the Asylum in 1869. Ensor eventually resigned eight years later on December 31, 1877.
MoreGeneral Robert E. Lee surrenders the Confederate army to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army, thus ending the Civil War.
MoreOne third of the city burned as a result of conflict brought on by the occupation of Union troops.
MoreCongress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.
MoreA camp is constructed on the south end of the Lunatic Asylum campus, to be used as a prison camp for Union officers.
MorePresident Abraham Lincoln sets forth the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all enslaved people in the United States.
MoreThe Confederate Army fires on Fort Sumter in Charleston, starting the Civil War.
MoreAn advocate and national leader in promoting humane care for the mentally ill, Dorothea Dix made two visits to the South Carolina Insane Asylum. Dix...
MoreA native of Charleston, South Carolina, George Walker was the initial architect of the New Asylum in 1857. Following the framework of the Kirkbride...
MoreWilliam Glaze and James Boatwright established the Palmetto Armory in 1852. It became Palmetto Iron Works in 1854, and produced various firearms for...
MoreThe Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, also known as AMSAII, is organized.
MoreOriginal construction of Sidney/Seaboard/Finlay Park. Constructed under the supervision of city councilman Algernon Sidney Johnston in the 1840s, the...
MoreAn addition is made to the Mills Building. Another matching addition is constructed later, in 1844.
MoreJohn Parker became the first Superintendent of the Asylum in 1836, mainly because Daniel Trezevant, with the support of James Davis, realized the...
MoreAppointed in January 1835, Daniel Trezevant succeeded Dr. James Davis as the physician for the Lunatic Asylum. Trezevant also served as a member of...
MoreFour acres are purchased within Columbia to accommodate 80 to 100 patients with room for expansion.
MoreThe first building of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum is constructed, designed by Robert Mills with brickwork by William Gray.
MoreThe hospital is established as the "South Carolina Lunatic Asylum."
MoreAppointed in 1821, James Davis was a member of the Board of Commissioners that worked alongside Samuel Farrow and William Crafts in acquiring...
More(1781-1855) Born in Charleston, S.C., Robert Mills was an architect for many public buildings within the state of South Carolina. In addition, Mills...
More(1760-1824) Samuel Farrow gained prestige and recognition through his participation in the military, eventually rising to the rank of Colonel. From...
MoreMajor William Crafts, a senator from Charleston County, spearheaded the legislation which authorized the construction of the South Carolina Lunatic...
MoreSouth Carolina's capital city shifted from Charleston to Columbia in 1791.
More“The location of Columbia, South Carolina’s capital, was chosen in 1786 to resolve a conflict for control of the state between the rich, powerful...
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CloseA chronicle of the history and context of the South Carolina State Hospital at Bull Street from its conception to its recent development.
A group of three students from the class in charge of production of the Digitizing Bull Street website - Meg Southern, Robert Olguin, and Clara Bertagnolli - have developed this timeline as an expansive outline of the history of the Bull Street site, the buildings constructed on it, and the people important to it, along with local and national historic contexts.
View options for this interactive timeline can be accessed via the circular 3d button on the bottom left side and the circular wrench button on the bottom right side.