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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane canonical | 1 |
| Buffalo State Hospital | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T799916 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane Context triple: [Henry Hobson Richardson, notableWork, Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane]
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New York State Inebriate Asylum
The New York State Inebriate Asylum was a 19th-century psychiatric hospital in Binghamton, New York, recognized as one of the first institutions in the United States dedicated specifically to the treatment of alcoholism.
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B.
Wadsworth Center
Wadsworth Center is a leading public health laboratory and research institution in New York State known for its work in disease surveillance, laboratory science, and public health preparedness.
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C.
Ellicott Square Building (Buffalo)
The Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo is a historic late-19th-century office building renowned for its grand Beaux-Arts design and once being one of the largest commercial buildings in the world.
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D.
New York State Office of Mental Health
The New York State Office of Mental Health is a state agency responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and providing public mental health services and policy across New York.
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E.
Becton Center
Becton Center is a major academic and research facility at Yale University that houses engineering and applied science departments, laboratories, and classrooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane Target entity description: 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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A.
New York State Inebriate Asylum
The New York State Inebriate Asylum was a 19th-century psychiatric hospital in Binghamton, New York, recognized as one of the first institutions in the United States dedicated specifically to the treatment of alcoholism.
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B.
Wadsworth Center
Wadsworth Center is a leading public health laboratory and research institution in New York State known for its work in disease surveillance, laboratory science, and public health preparedness.
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C.
Ellicott Square Building (Buffalo)
The Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo is a historic late-19th-century office building renowned for its grand Beaux-Arts design and once being one of the largest commercial buildings in the world.
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D.
New York State Office of Mental Health
The New York State Office of Mental Health is a state agency responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and providing public mental health services and policy across New York.
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E.
Becton Center
Becton Center is a major academic and research facility at Yale University that houses engineering and applied science departments, laboratories, and classrooms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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former hospital ⓘ historic building complex ⓘ psychiatric hospital ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane
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surface form:
Buffalo State Hospital
H. H. Richardson Complex ⓘ |
| architect | Henry Hobson Richardson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Richardsonian Romanesque
ⓘ
Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
surface form:
Romanesque Revival
|
| constructionStart | 1870 ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | approximate coordinates 42.93°N 78.88°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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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
ⓘ
surface form:
Buffalo, New York
|
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Erie County, New York
ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
|
| 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 |
U.S. state of New York
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Buffalo State Hospital