Queens County Savings Bank

Queens County Savings Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Queens County Savings Bank, 2008
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Location	75-44 Main Street, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City
Coordinates	40°43′21″N73°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 No.	05000620 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 16, 2005

The clock tower of the Queens County Savings Bank building in 2021

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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2011.See also: "Accompanying 22 photos".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "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