Bull St., Columbia, South Carolina. County/parish: Richland.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 30, 1981. NRIS 81000570.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Babcock Building is a historic structure located off Bull St. in Columbia, South Carolina. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 30, 1981. The building was the second to house patients on the campus of South Carolina State Hospital, after the Mills Building proved to be insufficient in space to house its patients.
On September 12, 2020, the Babcock Building was the site of a three-alarm fire which collapsed the building's dome and gutted the interior. Reconstruction and renovation plans are undergoing and are expected to be completed in 2022. At completion, the Babcock Building will be divided into 208 apartments.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118998334