Queens County Savings Bank

Queens County Savings Bank

Queens County Savings Bank, 2008
Location 75-44 Main St., Kew Gardens Hills, New York
Coordinates 40°43′21″N 73°49′14″W / 40.72250°N 73.82056°W / 40.72250; -73.82056Coordinates: 40°43′21″N 73°49′14″W / 40.72250°N 73.82056°W / 40.72250; -73.82056
Area less than one acre
Built 1954
Architect Carlson, Harold O.
Architectural style Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference #

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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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".


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