1,830 Comments for Buffalo State Hospital

Love how the windows on the left side get longer with each floor.

When I was a teenager hanging out on the "Elmwood Strip", we used to walk by this place and as we passed one of the main gates, a spooky, high-pitched noise would pierce our ears. The lore was that it was a dog-whistle type of thing designed to make the crazy crazier. Anyone else have this experience or is this just a bunch of kids talking themselves into scaredsilliness?

cool.

The sounds within, huge rings with missing chains, in the hallways in the tunnals below.

If you become filthy rich and gets a house that resemble this I will move in, secretly, you would never ever see me but I'm there. To bad I'm so clumsy you would totally notice me and throw me out. Crap.

I like the faintness of the moon in the night sky..

yea its awsome

i was born in Bellvue Hospital in 1963 and it look very scary like these pictures.
where is this place and i being a spritualist would love to visit it.
i,m located in New York City

The original Gravesend is in Kent, East of London, Pocahontas died there & is burried in a church yard in the town.

soo white....and tall... i love it

I can just imagine beeing in there, walking down the halls every day...crepy =] yet...awsome hahaha

thats stunning

Its still owned by the state. The Buffalo Psychiatric Center is still functioning on these grounds (though this complex is quite abandoned), though I think ownership was transferred to the Dormtory Authority, as part of the process to raise funds for its restoration.

No, its just a decorative design; there's some kind of design inside the circle (I forget what it looks like).

Hello Patricia, how are you ? Thank you for responding.

When I look at these photographs that are on this website I almost always try to write the very first thing that pops into my head. That way it is the most candid comment possible. I have written several comments so far. "Mott" seems to have a very good eye for taking photographs. I on the other hand just snap away with a camera. Every once in awhile I take a photo that I actually think is good but that is few and far between. This is a great website ! I am glad that someone is preserving these buildings with a camera. Some of these old buildings have some great architecture. Hopefully some of these buildings will be re - used again.

Take care and thank you.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.