Providence County RI Archives History .....Banking Institutions In Providence, 1898 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ri/rifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com June 6, 2007, 8:03 pm BANKING INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. PROVIDENCE. American National-Capital, $1,437,650. F. W. Carpenter, president; E. Milner, vice-president; Horatio A. Hunt, cashier. No. 10 Weybosset Street, Banigan Building. Atlantic National-Capital, $225,000. Henry F. Richards, president; Wm. R. Greene, cashier. No. 73 Weybosset Street. Blackstone Canal National-Capital, $500,000; surplus, $150,000. Wm. Ames, president; Oren Westcott, cashier. No. 25 Market Square. City National-Capital, $500,000. Edwin A. Smith, president; Frank E. Chafee, cashier. No. 98 Weybosset Street. Commercial National-Capital, $1,000,000. Andrew Comstock, president; Thos. Harris, vice-president; Abram Barker, cashier. No. 59 Westminster St. City Savings Bank-John S. Palmer, president; Geo. K. Cranston, treasurer. No. 21 Weybosset Street. Citizens' Savings Bank-John Austin, president; E. Allen, treasurer. No. 846 Westminster Street. Fifth National-Capital, $300,000. S. M. Lewis, president; Wm. R. Dunham, cashier. No. 54 North Main Street. First National-Capital, $500,000. Geo. L. Littlefield, president; Edwin Barrows, vice-president; Cyrus E. Lapham, cashier. No. 109 Westminster St. Fourth National-Capital, $500,000. James Tucker, president; Thomas Boyd, Jr., cashier. No. 75 Westminster Street. Globe National-Capital, $300,000. Marsden J. Perry, president; Geo. C. Noyes, cashier. No. 48 Weybosset Street. High Street Bank-Capital, $120,000. John Austin, president; E. Allen, cashier. No. 846 Westminster Street. Industrial Trust Co.-Capital, $1,000,000; surplus, $250,000. Samuel P. Colt, president; J. M. Addeman, vice-president; Cyrus P. Brown, treasurer. No. 49 Westminster Street. Manufacturers' National-Capital, $500,000; surplus, $300,000. Gilbert A. Phillips, president; Geo. W. Lanphear, cashier. No. 73 Westminster St. Mechanics' National-Capital, $500,000. James H. Chace, president; H. Edward Thurston, cashier. No. 46 Weybosset Street. Mechanics' Savings Bank-Cornelius S. Sweetland, president; Edwin A. Smith, treasurer. No. 98 Weybosset Street. Mercantile Trust Co.-Capital, $300,000. Fred B. Evans, president; Robert L. Keach, treasurer. Nos. 19 and 21 Exchange Street. Merchants National-Capital, $1,000,000. Royal C. Taft, president; John W. Vernon, cashier; M. J. Barber, assistant cashier. No. 20 Westminster St. National Bank of Commerce-Capital, $1,709,200. Robert Knight, president; John Foster, cashier. No. 4 Market Square. National Eagle-Capital, $500,000. Robert B. Chambers, president; Chas. F. Sampson, cashier. No. 53 Weybosset Street. National Bank of North America-Capital; $1,000,000. Chas. H. Merriman, president; B. F. Vaughan, vice-president; S. E. Carpenter, cashier. No. 48 Weybosset Street. National Exchange-Capital, $500,000. Nicholas Sheldon, President; C. H. Sheldon, cashier. No. 63 Westminster Street. Old National-Capital, $500,000. Julius Palmer, president; Francis A. Cranston, cashier. No. 25 Weybosset Street. Phenix National-Capital, $450,000 ; surplus, $435,000. Jonathan Chace, president ; Geo. E. Martin, cashier. No. 83 Dorrance Street. Providence National-Capital, $500,000. William Goddard, president; Andrew R. Matteson, cashier. No. 78 South Main Street. People's Savings Bank-Deposits, $7,638,000. Robert Knight, president; John G. Massie, treasurer. No. 1 Market Square. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co.-Capital, $1,000,000. Herbert J. Wells, president; Edward S. Clark, secretary. No. 15 Westminster Street. Rhode Island National-Capital, $600,000. Charles Warren Lippitt, president; Samuel M. Nicholson, vice-president; F. A. Chase, cashier. No. 27 Custom House Street. Roger Williams National-Capital, $499,950 ; surplus, $90,000. G. P. Pomroy, president; M. E. Torrey, cashier. No. 27 Market Square. Second National-Capital, $300,000. James M. Kimball, president; Wm. W. Paine, cashier. No. 84 Westminster Street. Third National-Capital, $300,000. Albert L. Sayles, president; Frank W. Gale, cashier. No. 171 Westminster Street. The Providence Institution for Savings-William Goddard, president; William A. Hoppin, treasurer; Le Baron Bradford, assistant treasurer. No. 86 South Main Street. Union Trust Co.-Capital $250,000. William S. Hayward, president; Henry L. Greene, vice-president; A. C. Tourtellot, treasurer. 138 Weybosset St. Weybosset National-Capital, $500,000. George B. Calder, president; Ollys A. Jillson, cashier. No. 61 Westminster Street. Westminster Bank-Capital, $200,000. A. B. Chace, president; A. W. Simons, cashier. No. 56 Weybosset Street. Additional Comments: Extracted from: The Providence Board of Trade Thirtieth Year 1898 Providence: Chaffee-McIndoe Company, Printers 1898 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ri/providen/history/other/bankingi5gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/rifiles/ File size: 5.6 Kb