• Como Lake Dike Construction - Lancaster NY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) photo pictured here describes this project as "removal of island and building of dyke." The work took place in Como Lake Park in Lancaster, New York. The current status and exact location of the dike is unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Como Lake Park Rustic Shelter - Lancaster NY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed this rustic shelter house in the 1930s for Como Lake Park in Lancaster, New York. More information is needed to determine the present status of the shelter and its location within the park.  
  • Post Office - Lancaster NY
    "US Post Office—Lancaster is a historic post office building located at Lancaster in Erie County, New York. It was designed and built 1938-1939, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. The interior features a mural by Arthur Getz painted in 1940 and titled "Early Commerce in the Erie Canal Region." It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989."
  • Post Office Mural - Lancaster NY
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Early Commerce in the Erie Canal Region" painted by Arthur Getz in 1940.