1,830 Comments for Buffalo State Hospital

this room looks like something u'd see at the end of a horror movie.u know,after the "evil forces" have been defeated & everything just calms down...

And again, a beautiful picture. Ive noticed you have a thing with the number 2 door! Skye.. wonderful poem, it just adds something to the picture. Wonderful!

Motts, you are an outstanding photographer! I would like someone like you to be my photography teacher! You do awesom e work!

I would hate to know i would have to be locked up in a place as this. It is so sad and foreboding looking. I cry for it.

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Okay, not only am I bad at spelling, looks like I cannot read either...I guess it the moon. Sorry! :)

Is that a star above the building? Motts, you did an awesome creation with this pic as it reflects the light atop the building! An awesome reflection!

My question? Why was this old mental asylums made similar to old gothic structures and castles? Why not a plain ordinary looking hospital? I love the designs though because these old abandoned asylums makes good ghost stories!

Awesome..The chair looks afraid of the dark, slightly recoiling in fear..ready to run..great photo. thanks for sharing

absolutely awesome picture mate...

nice work..pity us british dont have anything quite so un-touched...

there is a drug and alcohol treatment center on the grounds.i think it used to be the old nurse dormitory.not quite as old as the hospital itself.i stayed there for 3 weeks.this building fascinates me.i could see the intact "wings"portion of it from my window.we walked around it daily.you could see where they changed from sandstone to brick,but the design itself stayed intact.i would love to run thru this place.i've heard there are tunnels underneath.i used to refer to the main building as i passed it as"the church of the insane"

..A ballroom with some modern updates. Notice the ceiling fans? They are from the late 70s-80s era. Not very old in other words.

someone should return those geri-chairs to the local hospice, they cost a pretty penny.

What? a geri-chair? no way! thought this place was abandoned long ago, but friendly sight of the familiar geri-chair is somewhat comforting...lol

Actually, there are patient, or "resident" rights laws in place that make it a very long and complicated process to use physical restraints to reduce the risk of harm from patient to self or staff, but, when these buildings were in use those types of laws had not yet been created. If you are wondering what staff now do in a case where physical restraints are not appropriate but a solution is necessary, they use "chemical restraints", powerful medications which render patients subdued, calmed, or temporarily paralyzed.