• Akron Falls Park - Akron NY
    Multiple New Deal agencies are cited as having contributed to the development of Akron Falls Park, including the C.W.A. and the W.P.A. "The Civil Works Administration ... initiated the development of Akron Falls. They hired 90 men to develop the park and each received a minimum of $15.00 per week."  
  • Post Office - Akron NY
    The historic post office in Akron, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses New Deal artwork inside, was completed in 1941 and is still in use today.
  • Post Office Mural - Akron NY
    The tempera mural entitled "Horse--Drawn Railroad" was painted in 1941 by Elizabeth Logan. The Section of Fine Arts commissioned the work, which resides in the lobby of the historic Akron, New York post office.
  • Tonawanda Indian Community House - Akron NY
    New York State's Office of Children and Family Services website states: "he Tonawanda Indian Community House (TICH) located in Akron, New York ... a two-story cypress log structure, was erected by Native Americans under the Works Progress Administration and dedicated on May 13, 1939. It was built to meet the social, cultural, recreational and health needs of the Tonawanda Reservation. In addition to a gymnasium/auditorium, locker room area, kitchen and various meeting rooms, TICH houses a library and medical clinic funded by the New York State Department of Health. Genesee County and the New York State Office for the Aging...