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The Astor National Bank of New York was authorized to begin business on February 9, 1898, with initial capital of $300,000. [1] John Jacob Astor IV was the first depositor when the bank opened on February 14, 1898, with George Fisher Baker as president and Charles F. Bevins as cashier. [2]
Louis G. Kaufman became president of Chatham National Bank of New York in 1910, [5] overseeing its merger with Phenix National a year later. [6]Phenix Bank was established in 1812 [7] [8] as the banking division of the New York Manufacturing Company, which made cotton looms and supplies.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rochester, New York, United States.The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
The First Bank of the United States was established at the direction of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791. Hamilton supported the foundation of a national bank because he believed that it would increase the authority and influence of the federal government, effectively manage trade and commerce, strengthen the national defense, and pay the debt.
The National Bank Act of 1863, also known as the National Currency Act of 1863, was passed on February 25, 1863, and was the first attempt to establish a federal banking system after the failures of the First and Second Banks of the United States, and served as the predecessor to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
Commercial district with 27 contributing properties, [25] including William Waters' 1859 First National Bank, [26] the 1880 Italianate Kresge Building, [27] the 1881 Second Empire Prince Cigar Store, [28] the 1885 High Victorian Gothic Kamps' Harness Shop, [29] the 1897 Queen Anne Myse Sample House, [30] the 1922 Chicago Commercial ...
Bank of Alaska was founded in 1916 by Andrew Stevenson in Skagway, Alaska. [1] The bank's first headquarters were in the building previously occupied by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at Fifth and Broadway, but it soon built a new headquarters one block away at Sixth and Broadway, a building which has remained in the possession of the company and its successors to this day. [2]