Bowling Green Savings Bank

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: July 19, 1892
Location: New York, New York (40.714, -74.006)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 22b6ad78

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Description

Article (1892-07-19) reports a receiver for the Bowling Green Savings Bank selling uncollected accounts by court order, indicating the bank was in receivership and its assets being liquidated. No mention of a depositor run in the provided text.

Events (1)

1. July 19, 1892 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: About $150,000 worth of uncollected accounts of the Bowling Green Savings Bank were sold at auction in the Court House yesterday by order of the receiver.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 19, 1892 The Sun New York, NY

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Article Text

Large Judgments Very Cheap. About $150,000 worth of uncollected aocounts of the Bowling Green Savings Bank were sold at auction in the Court House yesterday by order of the receiver. A claim of $30,079.65 against Joseph Keppel sold for $1. A $930 claim against John T. McGowan brought $1; $3,335.40 against the estate of Henry Smith sold for $1, and $1.50 bought a judgment of $40,467.85 against Walter Rooch, and another judgment against the same party for $65,561.16 sold for $2.50.