Buffalo, New York - Large Victorian Head of a Woman

The head is a replication of an entrance to the Pan American Exposition of 1901. It was the fair where President McKinley was shot. The building where the head is was the location of a satellite for the Buffaloand Erie County Historical Museum. It contains artifacts and memoribilia from the death of the President and of the expo itself. Buffalo commemorated the expo in 2001 with walking and bus tours, plus the museum. [Carole Taylor, 11/21/2005]

At the entrance to the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Resource Library is this gigantic Victorian head. The place was closed at the time I was there and thus no one to ask so I do not know what exactly this is supposed to represent. Even more interesting and far more worthy of a visit is the massive abandoned and quite creepy Insane Asylum (Buffalo Psychiatric Center) located directly across the street. This is one of America's great 19th Century buildings and was designed by one of America's greatest architects -- H.H. Richardson. You can wander the grounds there at will. [Richard Weiss, 08/08/2005]

[RA: The sculpture is called "Dreamland."]