Roslyn Savings Bank
1400 Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn
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This historic commercial building was built in 1932. It replaced a 1906 bank building that housed both the Roslyn Savings Bank and the Bank of Hempstead Harbor. Prior to 1906, the site was the home for the Roslyn Hotel.
The original structure consists of a one-story banking hall with a gable roof, with a two-story flat roof office block in a Georgian Revival style. The hall features a 30-foot by 14-foot mural, completed in 1995, documenting the history of Roslyn.
The original front façade is five bays wide with a central entrance and features an elaborate, pedimented stone surround. Additions were made in 1963 and 1980.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The previous commercial building at the site opened on June 11, 1906 and housed offices for both the Roslyn Savings Bank and Bank of Hempstead Harbor (later renamed the Roslyn National Bank and Trust).
The bank's 1995 mural documenting the history of Roslyn.
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I worked at this bank in the 70’s
I recall this mural in those days
Was it replaced by this one in the 90’s?
Suzanne, the write-up on the current mural states it was installed in 1995. Howard
Yes I recall now
It was a different mural
And I think a nicer one too
Haha
Great photos!
They are replacing the waterwheel and shaft that would have powered the gear pit and millstone above it. I think this was a WPA project but am not certain without checking.
The generator, installed around the time the concrete sheathing was put on the mill in 1916, was run by a metal waterwheel under the kitchen wing. The sluiceway was run over the spot where the old waterwheel was to drop its water under the kitchen wing. This ran a DC generator. The story is that it wasn't used too long -- one day there was a heavy run of water which turned the generator too quickly and it blew out the lights in the tea house!