Gowanda State Hospital Cemetery
Collins, Erie County, New York, USA
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The Gowanda State Hospital was originally called the Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital, which opened in 1898. This cemetery is the original cemetery for the institution. The cemetery is located on the east side of Wheater Road near Bagdad Road in Collins, New York, but is not visible from Wheater Road. It is only accessible by a one quarter mile long dirt road, off of Wheater Road, that leads down toward the cemetery and Clear Creek. When the Gowanda Psychiatric Center closed in 1994, the records for the cemetery were supposed to have been transferred to Buffalo. If family members are interested in identifying which grave belongs to their ancestor, the town of Collins, New York has the death records and plot numbers for the Gowanda State Hospital.
Since 2008, the Mental Health Association of Cattaraugus County has been working on restoring the cemetery by clearing brush, finding markers and stones, and resetting stones with gravel underneath for stability. They have also planted flowers and a bench was donated by the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
Note: The newer Gowanda Psychiatric Center Memorial Cemetery is located on Rt.62.
Information provided by: Diana Druback
The Gowanda State Hospital was originally called the Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital, which opened in 1898. This cemetery is the original cemetery for the institution. The cemetery is located on the east side of Wheater Road near Bagdad Road in Collins, New York, but is not visible from Wheater Road. It is only accessible by a one quarter mile long dirt road, off of Wheater Road, that leads down toward the cemetery and Clear Creek. When the Gowanda Psychiatric Center closed in 1994, the records for the cemetery were supposed to have been transferred to Buffalo. If family members are interested in identifying which grave belongs to their ancestor, the town of Collins, New York has the death records and plot numbers for the Gowanda State Hospital.
Since 2008, the Mental Health Association of Cattaraugus County has been working on restoring the cemetery by clearing brush, finding markers and stones, and resetting stones with gravel underneath for stability. They have also planted flowers and a bench was donated by the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.
Note: The newer Gowanda Psychiatric Center Memorial Cemetery is located on Rt.62.
Information provided by: Diana Druback
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- Added: 16 Feb 2011
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2389107
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