Mount Kisco Municipal Complex is a national

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located at

Mount Kisco Mount Kisco is a village and town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The town of Mount Kisco is coterminous with the village. The population was 10,959 at the 2020 United States census over 10,877 at the 2010 census. It serves as ...

Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population ...

. The district contains two contributing buildings; the Mount Kisco Town and Village Hall (1932) and the United States Post Office (1936). Both are in the

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style. The Town and Village Hall is a 2-story,

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plan brick building on a

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foundation and topped by a

slate Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock. ...

-covered hipped and gable roof. It features an octagonal clock tower. The Village Library formerly occupied the second floor until a separate, adjacent building was constructed in the 1960s. The first floor formerly housed the police station and a small jail. The Post Office is a -story brick building set on a limestone foundation and topped by a slate shingle clad gable roof. It consists of a central section flanked by 1-story wings, with a large 2-story rear wing. The interior features murals depicting the history of Mount Kisco executed by artist Thomas Donnelly in 1936. ''See also:'' Town Hall Lawn

It was added to the

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in 1997. In 2017, the Mount Kisco Public Library was renamed the Henry V. Kensing Memorial Library in honor of the town's former mayor.

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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Mount Kisco, New York Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Government buildings completed in 1932 Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York Treasury Relief Art Project National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub