Queens County Savings Bank

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][3]

Queens County Savings Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Queens County Savings Bank, 2008
Location	75-44 Main St., Kew Gardens Hills, New York
Coordinates	40°43′21″N 73°49′14″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

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. Retrieved 2011-01-16. See also: "Accompanying 22 photos".
3. "Queens Bank Expands: Kew Gardens Branch Is Copy of Independence Hall". The New York Times. January 16, 1954. Retrieved January 25, 2021.