Queens County Savings Bank
Appearance
Queens County Savings Bank | |
Location | 75-44 Main St., Kew Gardens Hills, New York |
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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, that used to house the Kew Gardens Hills branch of the Queens Library, located in the Kew Gardens Hills section of the New York City borough of Queens. 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]
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 2011-01-16. See also: "Accompanying 22 photos".
Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Georgian Revival architecture in New York
- Commercial buildings completed in 1954
- Buildings and structures in Queens, New York
- Kew Gardens Hills, Queens
- National Register of Historic Places in Queens County, New York
- 1954 establishments in New York
- Queens County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- Queens, New York building and structure stubs