The landscape was an integral part of the treatment at Buffalo State Hospital.
The asylums 203 acres of untouched farmland was hence one of the facilitys major assets.
Henry Hobson Richardson was still relatively unknown when he was commissioned to design the complex.
There are numerous psychiatric hospitals across the United States designed under the Kirkbride Plan.
The Buffalo State Hospital closed the door to its last patient in 1974.
In late 2017, the former insane asylum was restored and opened as Hotel Henry.
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