Tickets are now available for the 2018 Tour Season
Tickets are now available for the 2018 Tour Season
Add a historical tour to your private event at Hotel Henry!
Add a historical tour to your private event at Hotel Henry!
Call (716) 249-3874 for an exploratory look at the past, present, and future of the Richardson Olmsted Campus!
Call (716) 249-3874 for an exploratory look at the past, present, and future of the Richardson Olmsted Campus!
The Richardson Center Corporation (RCC) is searching for development partners with a shared vision for the future of the Richardson Olmsted Campus.
The Richardson Center Corporation (RCC) is searching for development partners with a shared vision for the future of the Richardson Olmsted Campus.

    Rebirth of a Buffalo Architectural Treasure

    One of Buffalo’s most iconic buildings and a National Historic Landmark, the 145-year-old Richardson Olmsted Campus is being renewed after years of neglect.

    Designed by great American architect Henry Hobson Richardson and the famed landscape team of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the building incorporated a system of enlightened treatment for people with mental illness developed by Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride. The Richardson remains an architectural gem and is visited by thousands of people from around the world.

    Today, the Richardson Olmsted Campus is home to one of the largest historic preservation projects in the nation. Since 2006, the nonprofit Richardson has been hard at work bringing the site back to life after decades of neglect, beginning with Hotel Henry Urban Resort Conference Center and the future Lipsey Architecture Center in the iconic Towers Building. Meanwhile, work continues to develop the remaining two-thirds of the massive campus.

     
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    • Richardson Olmsted Complex shines in CEPA photo show

      Wednesday, March 28, 2018 | Colin Dabkowski, The Buffalo News

      The Richardson Olmsted Complex – with its ornate sandstone towers and oxidized copper roofs, its sprawling lawns and infinite shades of picturesque decay – is irresistible to photographers.

    • Enduring Views of the Richardson

      Wednesday, March 14, 2018

      Small and charming, the men’s kitchen building at the Richardson Olmsted Campus is a perennial favorite among visitors to the site. 

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