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Mills Building, South Carolina State Hospital

Columbia, South Carolina
County of Richland.
2100 Bull Street
National Register Number: 70000890
 Resource type: Building.
Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Mental Institution.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 7, 1973):
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.


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