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|Body= The Henry Hobson Richardson Complex, or the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, as it was originally called, started construction in 1870 and was completed almost 20 years later. It was a state-of-the-art facility when it was built, incorporating the most modern ideas in psychiatric treatment. The design of the buildings as well as the restorative grounds, designed by famed landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, were intended to complement the innovations in psychiatric care practiced at this facility.
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|Body= Mendota opened on July 14, 1860, when it admitted a patient who had been brought from Oconto County...a long trip by horse and wagon. Even though the hospital was not yet ready to open, that Saturday, it was decided that, because of the distance the patient had been brought, he should be received. Thus began Mendota's ready response to the needs of patients and communities, which has been its tradition.
  
At the time Richardson was commissioned to design the complex he was still relatively unknown, but he was later to become the first American architect to achieve international fame. The complex was ultimately the largest building of his career and the first to display his characteristic style - what came to be known as Richardsonian Romanesque – and is internationally regarded as one of the best examples of its kind. Among many others, his genius also yielded the New York State Capital, the Albany City Hall, Trinity Church in Boston, and the Glessner House in Chicago.  [[Buffalo State Hospital|Click here for more...]]
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Mendota has undergone significant changes since then, some of which are reflected in the changes to its name. It opened as an "Asylum", appropriate in an era when little could be done for the mentally ill except to house and care for them...i.e. to give them asylum...when their families and communities could no longer cope with their needs.  [[Mendota Mental Health Institute|Click here for more...]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:36, 3 August 2025

Featured Article Of The Week

Mendota Mental Health Institute


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Mendota opened on July 14, 1860, when it admitted a patient who had been brought from Oconto County...a long trip by horse and wagon. Even though the hospital was not yet ready to open, that Saturday, it was decided that, because of the distance the patient had been brought, he should be received. Thus began Mendota's ready response to the needs of patients and communities, which has been its tradition.

Mendota has undergone significant changes since then, some of which are reflected in the changes to its name. It opened as an "Asylum", appropriate in an era when little could be done for the mentally ill except to house and care for them...i.e. to give them asylum...when their families and communities could no longer cope with their needs. Click here for more...