New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors
644,441 (in 2014)[3]
Open
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Letchworth State Park
Letchworth State Park
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect
Letchworth, William P.; et al.; Bryant Fleming
Architectural style
Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.
03000718[4]
Added to NRHP
November 4, 2005
Letchworth State Park is a 14,427-acre (5,838 ha) New York State Park located in Livingston County and Wyoming County in the western part of the State of New York.[1][5] The park is roughly 17 miles (27 km) long, following the course of the Genesee River as it flows north through a deep gorge and over several large waterfalls.[6] It is located 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Rochester and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Buffalo, and spans portions of the Livingston County towns of Leicester, Mount Morris and Portage, as well as the Wyoming County towns of Castile and Genesee Falls.
In 1859, Buffalo industrialist William Pryor Letchworth (1823–1910) began purchasing land near the Middle Falls, and started construction of his Glen Iris Estate. In 1906 he bequeathed the 1,000-acre (4 km2) estate to New York, which soon after became the core of the newly created Letchworth State Park.[6][7] The park prominently features three large waterfalls – the Upper, Middle, and Lower Falls – on the Genesee River, which flows within a deep gorge that winds through the park. The rock walls of the gorge, which rise up to 550 feet (170 m) in places, prompted the area's reputation as the "Grand Canyon of the East".[8]
^ ab"Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook(PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 673. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
^Natural Heritage Trust; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York State Council of Parks & Recreation (1975). Fifty Years: New York State Parks, 1924-1974. Natural Heritage Trust. p. 10.[permanent dead link]
^"State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^"Letchworth State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
^ ab"Conservationist left mini-Grand Canyon". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Associated Press. August 6, 2006. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
^"Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015. Note: This includes Stacia L. Partin (May 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Letchworth State Park" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs
^"Letchworth State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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