Queens County Savings Bank
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Queens County Savings Bank | |
 Queens County Savings Bank, 2008 | |
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| Location | 75-44 Main Street, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′21″N 73°49′14″W / 40.72250°N 73.82056°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 |
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]
