Queens County Savings Bank
Queens County Savings Bank | |
Queens County Savings Bank, 2008 | |
| Location | 75-44 Main Street, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′21″N 73°49′14″W / 40.72250°N 73.82056°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1954 |
| Architect | Carlson, Harold O. |
| Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000620 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 2005 |
Queens County Savings Bank is a historic bank building, which formerly housed the Kew Gardens Hills branch of the Queens Library, at 75-44 Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City. It was built in 1953-1954 to resemble Independence Hall in the Georgian Revival style. It is a brick building that consists of a tall central tower with flanking two-story, side-gabled wings.
It is four bays wide and has a six-stage, square tower featuring a second story Palladian window. The tower has an octagonal belfry topped by a smaller cupola and spire.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kathleen A. Howe (February 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Queens County Savings Bank". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved January 16, 2011. See also:"Accompanying 22 photos".
- ^ "Queens Bank Expands: Kew Gardens Branch Is Copy of Independence Hall". The New York Times. January 16, 1954. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
External links
- Media related to Queens County Savings Bank (75-44 Main Street) at Wikimedia Commons