Queens County Savings Bank

75-44 Main St., Kew Gardens Hills, New York. County/parish: Queens.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 16, 2005. NRIS 05000620.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Queens County Savings Bank

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321135

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