1,830 Comments for Buffalo State Hospital

Sorry to burst the bubble, but all the stories are just that. Stories.

And for those wanting to get in, as of now, the Board of Directors for the Richardson-Olmstead Corporation say no. No one, other than possibly a journalist.

And please, for all that's holy, don't try and sneak in. You will get caught, and the fine is a minimum $10,000 and minimum 1 year in state prison; due to it being a historic landmark it's assumed you were destroying it.

I had a great-great-great aunt, Anna Hickey, who was a patient there in 1910 and died there in 1915.
Such a stark, terrible looking building. The poor dear never married and was 73 where she appeared on the 1910 census as a patient. Thanks for posting the photo.
It is really quite a historical building. I shudder to think of the lives spent there. The view of mental health and illness was far different then.

to denny b and all others who worked in hospitals with psychiatric patients: thank you very much for your dedication and service to so many people who often had no one else to care about them. You did so much with so little.

It saddens me to hear so many people today condemn the hospitals and the treatment they provided, talking about patients being mistreated and staff being cruel. What seems to be forgotten or not realized is that the people who worked in the hospitals were the same people who lived in the towns where the hospitals were located. They were our neighbors, parents of classmates, fellow church members, shopped at the same stores, went to the same parades and holiday celebrations, etc. Yet too often some of us are ready to think that these neighbors and friends became sadistic abusive tormentors of patients with mental illness when they went to work at the hospital??

this place is amazing.
I mus admit that this gallery goes to my fav today.

Motts, I don't think I could have said it better. People like comment on here about how the treatment to these ppl was most likely humane, and I imagine a lot of it was, but it seems like a few individuals will not acknowledge that there WAS in fact a large amount of abuse committed in these institutions, and not everyone is SICK to imagine that it happened and feel sorry for these ppl.

No, I DO NOT want to trade for what's behind door number 2!

Jesus, help me. That shadow isn't right. At all. It's like a triple exposure with malformed shadow in front AND behind...

Throughout my non-productive academic years, I supplimented my experiences with multiple ventures into this complex. I explored the buidling in tiny fractions, however never experienced any paranormal activity., just the typical random wheel chair, a messy records room and an attic that had nails protruding from every loose board. The towers has a series of ladders that leads to the roof, expore it! Just go

Thank you once again for an amazing gallery!!
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Bah. Why is there so much of that horrid red in this place?

Strangely enough, in this sprawling mess of urban decay, the Anarchy symbol seems to fit.

Why would it have another color on top of the Bakers Pink? That fading white/green is really a nasty combination.

Wow....thats way too small. Especially if you look up at the ceiling *Shudders*

It looks more like a zoo than a place for people

Navi, the Richardson-Olmsted Corporation may be your best bet - http://www.richardson-olmsted.com. I went through them, but I was only able to get in in tandem with academic research that I was doing at the same time. They are able to go in for research purposes, and thus I managed to fit into that very small window of opportunity.

Alternately, I suppose you could try contacting the NYS Office of Mental Health (they being the ones who still own the building), but somehow I wouldn't expect much from them in this regard.

And, b14207, thank you so much for your entirely unoriginal supernatural claims. By the way, the doors shut very easily - they are, after all, all kept locked nowadays for somewhat obvious reasons. ...and if you knew anything about the ongoing restoration you would know that Buff State has not the slightest involvement (thus far).