Richardson Olmsted Complex

Richardson Olmsted Complex

Also known as Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane

Photo: Jack E. Boucher · Public domain

Year

1880

Type

building

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Eleven buildings step outward from a central administrative tower in a shallow V, five pavilions to each side, linked by curved two-story corridors. That geometry is a medical theory built in Medina red sandstone and brick. The Kirkbride Pl …

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