Letchworth State Park: Stairway and Retaining Wall to Lower Falls – Castile NY

City:
Castile, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Civilian Conservation Corps Company SP-49 built a stacked stone retaining way and stone staircase to allow visitors to Letchworth State Park access to the Lower Falls from the picnic area above the falls. Over 100 individual stone steps were installed and continue to be used.

Source notes

Letchworth Park History: (letchworthparkhistory.com), accessed June 2019.

Site originally submitted by Nancy Redman-Furey on June 23, 2019.

Location Info

1 Letchworth State Park
Castile, New York 14427

Location notes: General location marker for Letchworth State Park.

Coordinates: 42.583573, -78.04441425594484

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