Kansas City Safe Deposit & Savings Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: December 8, 1896
Location: Kansas City, Missouri (39.100, -94.579)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 3ee5a4c0

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Description

Article (Dec 8, 1896) refers to an assignee of the bank seeking to sell safe deposit vaults and mentions a receiver of the building; implies the bank has been placed in assignee/receivership and is not operating. No explicit run or temporary suspension is described in the text, but the presence of an assignee/receiver indicates permanent closure.

Events (1)

1. December 8, 1896 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: W. B. Clarke, receiver of the American Bank building, through his attorney yesterday filed an answer to the petition of Howard M. Holden, assignee of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank, for permission to sell the safe deposit vaults in the bank building. Mr. Clarke states that the vaults are part of the building, and are included in the $300,000 mortgage on the structure. (Kansas City Daily Journal, 1896-12-08).
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 8, 1896 Kansas City Daily Journal Kansas City, MO

Article from Kansas City Daily Journal, December 8, 1896

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Article Text

The King of Pillsis Beecham's-BEECHAM'S Vaults Belong to the Building. W. B. Clarke, receiver of the American Bank building. through his attorney yesterday filed an answer to the petition of Howard M. Holden, assignee of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank, for permission to sell the safe deposit vauits in the bank building. Mr. Clarke states that the vaules are part of the building, and are included in the $300,000 mortgage on the structure.