Search results
In the mid-20th century, the Buffalo State Hospital (Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane), saw an unmanageable influx of patients suffering from chronic issues. What was once a facility designed to cure acute illnesses, quickly became overcrowded.
Casebooks (boxes 1-22) contain bound records pertaining to the admission and treatment of patients at the Buffalo State Hospital from 1881 to 1898. Included are patient case #151- #6449.
Patients were officially moved out of the historic buildings in 1974. The Buffalo State Hospital was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and then designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
Calling it a “bold new approach,” the act created new community mental health centers throughout the country. These centers were intended to take the place of large state psychiatric hospitals like the Buffalo State Hospital, with the idea patients would be better served out in their community.
Frederick Law Olmsted was responsible for the landscaping of the New York State Asylum for the Insane (which later became the Buffalo Psychiatric Center) at 400 Forest Avenue, Buffalo. The imposing facility was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1871.
After the turn of the nineteenth century, The Buffalo State Asylum underwent a name change to the Buffalo State Hospital, reflecting the evolution in patient care. The institution, which had adhered so rigorously to the Kirkbride Plan incorporated changes to reflect a movement toward the Cottage Plan.
16 paź 2009 · The Richardson Olmsted Complex, completed in 1895 as the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, was a partnership between noted architect H.H. Richardson and landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
