Mount Kisco Municipal Complex

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Mount Kisco Municipal Complex
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Location100-120 Main St., Mount Kisco, New York
Coordinates 41°12′9″N73°43′37″W / 41.20250°N 73.72694°W / 41.20250; -73.72694 Coordinates: 41°12′9″N73°43′37″W / 41.20250°N 73.72694°W / 41.20250; -73.72694
Built1932
Architect Mott B. Schmidt; [1] O'Brien & Klikel
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 97000116 [2]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1997

Mount Kisco Municipal Complex is a national historic district located at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. The district contains two contributing buildings; the Mount Kisco Town and Village Hall (1932) and the United States Post Office (1936). Both are in the Colonial Revival style. The Town and Village Hall is a 2-story, cruciform plan brick building on a limestone foundation and topped by a slate-covered hipped and gable roof. It features an octagonal clock tower. The Village Library formerly occupied the second floor until a separate, adjacent building was constructed in the 1960s. The first floor formerly housed the police station and a small jail. The Post Office is a 1 12-story brick building set on a limestone foundation and topped by a slate shingle clad gable roof. It consists of a central section flanked by 1-story wings, with a large 2-story rear wing. The interior features murals depicting the history of Mount Kisco executed by artist Thomas Donnelly in 1936. [3]

A view of Mount Kisco Village Hall on a mid-autumn day. Town Hall Lawn.jpg
A view of Mount Kisco Village Hall on a mid-autumn day.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [2]

In 2017, the Mount Kisco Public Library was renamed the Henry V. Kensing Memorial Library in honor of the town's former mayor. [4]

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References

  1. "Municipal Building and Post Office, Mount Kisco". The Architecture of Mott B. Smchmidt.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. John A. Bonafide (October 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Mount Kisco Municipal Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-12-24.See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
  4. Sam Barron. "Mount Kisco Naming Library After Former Mayor". Mount Kisco Daily Voice.