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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1858/00/00 George E Walker Architect Babcock's three northernmost blocks of the south wing are built by contractor Clark Waring, 1857 to 1858.
1882/00/00 Gustav Theodore Berg Architect Northern wing of Babcock built to match southern wing, 1880 to 1882.
1885/00/00 Samuel Sloan (architect) Architect Babcock's center building built from 1883 to 1885.

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Particulars for Babcock Building, South Carolina State Hospital:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Hospital
Art Movement Italian Renaissance Revival
Disease Mental Illness
Architectural Style Renaissance Revival
Area of Significance Social History
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 30th October 1981

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Babcock Building, South Carolina State Hospital
Registry Address: Bull St.
Registry Number: 81000570
Resource Type: Building
Owner: State
Architect: Walker,George E.; Sloan,Samuel, et al.
Architectural Style: Renaissance, Other
Attribute: Italian Renaissance Revival
Area in Acres: 14
Contributing Buildings: 3
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: c 1859, c 1876, c 1885
Historic Function: Health care
Historic Sub-Function: Hospital
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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