{"nrhp_refnum":"10000337","name":"Union Savings Bank","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"62 S Ocean Dr","address_restricted":false,"city":"Patchogue","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.766500112000074,"lon":-73.01452949099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Classical Revival bank building at 62 South Ocean Avenue in the village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, completed in 1912 and later expanded. It was designed by the New York firm Mowbray & Uffinger.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for commerce, as part of the national growth of savings banks in small towns between 1890 and the late 1920s. It is also significant under Criterion C as an intact Classical Revival bank design by Mowbray and Uffinger, a leading bank architecture firm, reflecting City Beautiful influences.","narrative":"Completed in 1912 at 62 South Ocean Avenue in Patchogue, Union Savings Bank is a two-story masonry building in the Classical Revival style. Its street front is clad in white Vermont marble and features Roman Doric columns, a denticulated entablature, quoins and a roofline balustrade. The bank was founded in 1896 by local businessmen and moved into its own building in 1912, with the structure meant to convey strength and security. Later additions include the former Patchogue Electric Light Company building, which was taken over in 1952 and given a matching facade, and a rear garage converted to offices. The New York firm Mowbray and Uffinger designed the bank, using a narrow-lot plan common in bank design of the period. The building is recognized for its role in local commerce as small-town savings banks spread across the country, and for its intact design. Inside, the trustees' room, a vault, staircases and the tall teller lobby with arched windows survive, and the building now serves as an insurance office.","period_of_significance":"1912-1953","architect_builder":"Mowbray & Uffinger","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated for use as an insurance office, with the exterior largely intact and several original interior features retained, including the trustees' room, a vault, staircases and the two-story teller lobby.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.518282-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000337.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000337/f98390a703-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000337/f98390a703-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patchogue_Union_Savings_Bank;_Corner.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patchogue_Union_Savings_Bank;_Corner.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322296","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137302593"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/union-savings-bank-10000337/"}