Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane

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The Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane is a historic 19th-century psychiatric hospital complex in Buffalo, New York, renowned for its monumental Romanesque Revival architecture and influential role in the evolution of mental health facility design.

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Generate an image of the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane (The Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane is a historic 19th-century psychiatric hospital complex in Buffalo, New York, renowned for its monumental Romanesque Revival architecture and influential role in the evolution of mental health facility design.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark ⓘ
former hospital ⓘ
historic building complex ⓘ
psychiatric hospital ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buffalo State Hospital ⓘ
H. H. Richardson Complex ⓘ
architect Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ
architecturalStyle Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ
Romanesque Revival ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Romanesque
constructionStart 1870 ⓘ
coordinateLocation approximate coordinates 42.93°N 78.88°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse adaptive reuse and preservation (including cultural and mixed-use redevelopment) ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork mental health care ⓘ
followsPlanningPrinciple Kirkbride Plan ⓘ
hasCharacteristic designed to provide light and air to patient wards ⓘ
set within a landscaped therapeutic grounds ⓘ
symmetrical central mass with flanking ward wings ⓘ
hasPart administration building ⓘ
connecting corridors ⓘ
patient ward pavilions ⓘ
service buildings ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
heritageStatus protected historic site ⓘ
inception 1870s ⓘ
influenced later psychiatric hospital designs in the United States ⓘ
landscapeArchitect Calvert Vaux ⓘ
Frederick Law Olmsted ⓘ
locatedIn Buffalo, New York ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Erie County, New York ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
linked to: New York
locatedOn Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
red sandstone ⓘ
notableFor influential role in mental health facility design ⓘ
integration of architecture and therapeutic landscape ⓘ
large twin-towered administration building ⓘ
monumental Romanesque Revival architecture ⓘ
operator State of New York ⓘ
originalFunction state-run psychiatric hospital ⓘ
partOf Richardsonian Romanesque architectural heritage ⓘ
roofType steeply pitched roofs ⓘ
significantBuilding central administration building with twin towers ⓘ
significantEvent opening as a state psychiatric hospital in the late 19th century ⓘ

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Henry Hobson Richardson → notableWork → Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane ⓘ
Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane → alsoKnownAs → Buffalo State Hospital ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
Kirkbride Plan → hasNotableExample → Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane ⓘ
Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo → nearbyLandmark → former Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
H. H. Richardson Complex → partOf → Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane ⓘ
H. H. Richardson Complex → alsoKnownAs → Buffalo State Hospital ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
Richard A. Waite → notableWork → Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane ⓘ
Richard A. Waite → notableWork → Buffalo Psychiatric Center ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
Richard A. Waite → designed → Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane ⓘ
Colonial Circle → hasNearbyLandmark → Buffalo State Hospital area ⓘ
linked to: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane