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J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital

10317 County Road 58, Perrysburg, New York 14129 USA

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“Buffalo's abandoned Tuberculosis sanatorium”

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner. The J.N. Adam Hospital campus, constructed 1909-1912, enjoys a 649-acre pastoral setting in Perrysburg, New York, a sloping hilltop possessing one-of-a-kind views to Lake Erie, the Canadian shoreline, the City of Buffalo, surrounding forests and farms, and even the mists of Niagara Falls on a clear day! Renowned American architect John Hopper Coxhead designed the original footprint of the neo-classical accented Southern plantation style campus - the stately Administration Building, the Dining Hall Rotunda with its soaring stained-glass dome, and the first two patient wings. The campus is an artifact of its own, a medical instrument designed to allow the fresh air and sun of the Western New York countryside to heal tuberculosis patients using Dr. Rollier’s Method of Heliotherapy. While Buffalo continues a successful expansion of its modern-day medical corridor, we should all remember its first medical corridor –the country roads, railroad tracks and, yes, even carrier pigeons that traveled to and from New York’s first municipal TB hospital. Where would our region be were it not for the thousands of our citizens who were healed there and went on to shape Buffalo and Western New York? The campus was listed on the NYS Register of Historic Places in 1985 and is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. While Coxhead's work has been championed around the country, with a dozen of his designs on the National Register of Historic Places, New York State officials are engaging in demolition by neglect in allowing this piece of our history to suffer costly decay and damage.  The campus and its gentle sloping grounds are in Cattaraugus County, New York, home to deep valleys and steep ridges that inspired its tourism slogan:  "Enchanted Mountains".  At an elevation of 1,322 feet, with sweeping views of Buffalo and Canada to the north, Lake Erie to the west, and vast expanses of farmland and forested hills in all directions, Perrysburg surely must be Cattaraugus County's "Most Enchanted Mountain."  Recreational, educational and preservation potential abounds in the open space adjoining the campus, in keeping with Cattaraugus County's Open Space Preservation Plan.

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Reviewed by
Mordy123

  • 1 Review
  • 3 Helpful
March 05, 2017
Rated

My friends and I have gone here several times and explored the buildings and usually nothing major happens but the last time were definitely spooked. So at first when we left our car and started walking away the alarm suddenly went off by itself and that had never happened before with that car and it wouldn't shut off. It was a very quiet night, no cars, no wind, so it was easy to hear anything that was going on. We were walking through a hallway and heard a noise so all of us were quiet and then there was a bang from a door slamming and there was no one there. Then my friend was walking and felt something breathing on her neck and a moment after that I heard a women's voice in my ear and I couldn't understand what she said. When we were walking outside to go back to the car we heard a women scream inside and it sounded like the same one as before. I tried looking at websites to find out something about her or if anyone else had an experience with her but I couldn't find anything. When we made it back to the car the door was wide open and the center counsel was open even though the door was locked when we left. At first we thought that someone broke in the car to steal things but nothing was gone through or stolen.

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Reviewed by
wsfarms

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  • 2 Helpful
September 19, 2015
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Very simply put JN Adam campus is fenced in and off limits to everyone. The sight is a huge controversy in this small town and many people have been arrested here for trespassing. The fencing was put up after the facility closed to prevent people from touring the grounds. There is nothing wrong with driving by but the entire grounds are just a sad tribute to the wasteful spending , poor planning, and general apathy of our state government. I live in this small town and the campus is a reminder of a better time for Perrysburg , that will never return , now that the jobs provided by the facility are gone. Politicians and 'preservationists' have been bickering over this property for 20 years while the once beautiful buildings have been looted and allowed to become dangerous eyesores. The official description above was obviously written by someone hoping to inspire interest in preserving the grounds but there is no funding or political interest in doing so , so I advise anyone seeing this post to ignore it.

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Reviewed by
melissa.citygirl

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  • 2 Helpful
August 03, 2014
Rated 5.0

Lol no there aren't tours but arrests

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Reviewed by
locustgirl

  • 2 Reviews
  • 0 Helpful
September 20, 2014
Rated 5.0

visited this site a couple of weeks ago. it is a very large property with a chain link barbed wire fence surrounding it. we walked the parameter and took photos of the buildings through the fence. i was very excited to be there. i loved how nature has really taken over this place, busting up the pavement and encroaching wherever possible. from the website, it looks like the place was abandoned in 1995. i wasn't frightened by anything to start, but as we completed our trek and approached the last building by the road, we heard a loud noise coming from inside like a door banging in the wind (although my friend said it sounded like a file cabinet to him). there was some wind, so i wrote it off to that and merrily continued, however just a few minutes later it happened again...only this time...there was no wind. it was so obviously loud that we deducted that there was either a person in there, an animal...or something else. since we were clearly alone (not at all a well visited area) and the options seemed sparse, we were seriously spooked and moved along quite quickly after that! i still get creeped out thinking about it.

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Reviewed by
Agnes

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  • 51 Helpful
August 11, 2014
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try e-mailing them here: friendsofjnadam@yahoo.com

1 person found this review helpful

Reviewed by
Dlrr12

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  • 0 Helpful
August 09, 2014
Rated

How does one contact the landowner? I don't really see anything helpful on the website provided.

1 person found this review helpful

Reviewed by
StaceyJane

  • 2 Reviews
  • 1 Helpful
October 25, 2013
Rated

IS IT POSSIBLE TO TOUR THE FACILITY?

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Reviewed by
boot930

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May 06, 2021
Rated

The residents of Perrysburg thank everyone who has got caught inside JN Adams for their $500 fine. Helps keep our taxes down

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Reviewed by
rawaccess

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June 15, 2020
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I was here yesterday. Read all the reviews. They seem accurate.

First, I was watched with an "evil eye" by a local driving by as I stood outside the fence on Dayton Rd. This was a bad sign (confirmed by other reviews). On the other side of the road there are fully sealed buildings with junk outside. While walking around the junk I heard a normal sounding male voice. Likely a from neighboring home though I can't see any homes though the bush and trees.

I move to the other side up Airview Rd. I explored the grounds outside the fence. I saw signs of a squatter living here.

i go inside the fence to the boiler building.

While inside I am pretty sure I heard male voice again. Birds departed. Silence. Must be my imagination. There is wind I reasoned. After ten or so minutes I heard the voice again. This time loud, close, and threatening, yet not close enough to understand what was said. Now it becomes clear to me that I am being watched and followed likely by the squatter. Concerned for my safety and more importantly my vehicle, I exited and departed.

The reviews here confirmed my experience. Visiting this place seems risky.

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Reviewed by
beware

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  • 0 Helpful
August 04, 2019
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and as I sit here on my deck I am watching the Sheriff following four young adults down the hill from JN Adam. @ $500 a piece fine (no negotiating) that is $2000 for the Town of Perrysburg.

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J. N. Adam Memorial Hospital

10317 County Road 58
Perrysburg, New York
14129 USA
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