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Last Look: The Brick Buildings of the Richardson Complex

By Patrick A. Mahoney, R.A. - May 16, 2019

The Richardson Complex that housed the Buffalo State Hospital, now the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, has been a North Buffalo landmark since its opening in 1880. 

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