National Historic Landmark- Buffalo State Hospital

Begun in 1872, this is an important transitional building in the developing style of H. H. Richardson. It is the first major work on which he collaborated with Frederick Law Olmsted and his partner, Calvert Vaux, who sited and landscaped the property.

The building is also significant in the history of treatment for the mentally ill, as its plan followed the system developed by Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, one of the first physicians to treat insanity as an illness.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks

Image Courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey