The Roslyn Savings Bank Building is a landmarked, historic
commercial building
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located on
Old Northern Boulevard in the
Incorporated Village of Roslyn, in the
Town of North Hempstead
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,
Nassau County,
Long Island
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,
New York
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, United States.
Description
The building was originally built for the
Roslyn Savings Bank on the site of its older bank building in 1932.
It was designed by architect
Alfred C. Shaknis and replaced the previous, 1906 bank building; the previous bank building housed both the Roslyn Savings Bank and the Bank of Hempstead Harbor – the latter of which would eventually be renamed the Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company and move to
its own standalone location down the street in 1931.
Additions to the building were built in 1963 and 1980.
The building's additions occupy the former site of the Roslyn Hotel.
The original portion of the structure consists of a one-story banking hall with a gable roof, with a two-story flat roofed office block in a
Georgian Revival
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style. The original front facade is five bays wide with a center entrance and features an elaborate, pedimented stone surround.
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The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1986.
See also
* Roslyn National Bank and Trust Company Building
* Roslyn Village Historic District
The Roslyn Village Historic District encompasses the center of Roslyn, New York, that village in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It includes within its boundaries the earlier Main Street Historic District (Roslyn, New York), Main ...
References
External links
Roslyn, New York
Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Georgian Revival architecture in New York (state)
Commercial buildings completed in 1932
Buildings and structures in Nassau County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in North Hempstead (town), New York
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