Queens County Savings Bank is a historic bank

Bank

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 building located in the Kew Gardens Hills

Kew Gardens Hills, Queens

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 section of the New York City

New York City

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 borough

Borough

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 of Queens

Queens

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. It was built in 1953-1954 to resemble Independence Hall

Independence Hall

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 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

Bell tower

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 topped by a smaller cupola

Cupola

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 and spire

Spire

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2005.