Queens County Savings Bank Explained

Queens County Savings Bank
Location:75-44 Main Street, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City
Coordinates:40.7225°N -73.8206°W
Built:1954
Architect:Carlson, Harold O.
Architecture:Georgian Revival
Added:June 16, 2005
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:05000620

Queens County Savings Bank is a historic bank building, that used to house the Kew Gardens Hills branch of the Queens Library, located on Main Street 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.[1] [2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Queens County Savings Bank. February 2005. 2011-01-16 . Kathleen A. Howe. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also:Web site: Accompanying 22 photos.
  2. News: Queens Bank Expands: Kew Gardens Branch Is Copy of Independence Hall . January 25, 2021 . . January 16, 1954.