The Babcock Building is a historic structure located off Bull St. in Columbia, South Carolina.

The central portion, bearing the name and serving as the main entrance, was designed by architect Samuel Sloan.

[5][6] The owner has received crucial loans to continue rebuilding and renovating the structure which is expected to be completed in 2022.

At completion, the building will host 208 apartments and is expected to reinvigorate the Bull Street District.

[8] South Carolina Lunatic Asylum head physician Dr. Trezevant successfully argued that the staggering of blocks would not allow the ventilation needed for the warm southern climate.

Though he died before even his own section was complete, his work became the basis for the rest of the building's construction.

Sloan's central section is crowned with a twelve-sided cupola whose red domed roof can be seen from far across the city.