2026. German National Bank (Washington, DC)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Start Date
July 7, 1880
Location
Washington, District of Columbia (38.895, -77.036)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
8bec48cb

Response Measures

None

Description

Articles (1880-07-07 and 1881-04-05) refer to B. U. Keyser as receiver of the German National Bank and ratification of sales. No article text describes a depositor run; the bank is in receivership and assets are being sold, indicating suspension followed by closure/receivership rather than reopening.

Events (3)
1. July 7, 1880 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
On Eighth street west... John Hitz, to B. U. Keyser, receiver German National Bank, nominal. On Pennsylvania avenue... to B. U. Keyser, receiver German National Bank, $10,000. (National Republican 1881-04-05 and 1880-07-07 mention receiver and sale ratified.)
Source
newspapers
2. July 7, 1880 Suspension
Cause Details
Article notes the bank was in receivership and a sale was ratified; no explicit cause given in articles.
Newspaper Excerpt
In TO receiver German National bank; sale ratified.
Source
newspapers
3. April 5, 1881 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
On Eighth street west... to B. U. Keyser, receiver German National Bank, nominal. On Pennsylvania avenue... to B. U. Keyser, receiver German National Bank, $10,000. (property transfers to receiver recorded.)
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. July 7, 1880 National Republican Washington, DC
Article from National Republican, July 7, 1880

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Article Text

District Courts. SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT - JUSTICES WYLIE, HAGNER AND JAMES.-Truesdall vs. Wise: decree below reversed; conveyance set aside and annulled. Cook VS. Cook: decree divorcing parties from bed and board. on the application of the wife, with alimony as it exists at present and the mother given the enstody of the children; case remanded to the equity court, with leave to each party to apply for an increase or decrease of the alimony; Justice Wylie, while concurring, went further and thought the divorce should be absolute. Peugh vs. Leitch: decree below affirmed. Coyle vs. Davis; bill dismissed, with costs. United States vs. Babbington; judgment below affirmed. Washington & Georgetown Railroad company VS. District of Columbia; decree below reversed and bill dismissed. Adjourned sine die. EQUITY COURT-JUSTICE Cox.-Murray vs. Ager; bill dismissed. Russell vs. Arlington Fire Insurance company; bill dismissed conditionally. Ingersoll vs. James: trustees authorized to receive purchase money and interest. Herr vs. Barber et al.; pro confesso against Dodge, Darneille & Barber. Tuohy vs. Holtzman: sale of lot G to be set aside and balance of sale ratified and bid for lot G ordered accepted; reference to auditor. Ryan VS. Deale: complainant discharged conditionally: costs and solicitor's fees allowed. Coleman vs. Deale; complainant discharged conditionally; costs and solicitor's fees allowed. Marshall vs. Vanderbilt; sale finally ratified. In TO receiver German National bank; sale ratified. Barber vs. Blinkhorn; sale ratified nisi. Edmonson VS. Edmonson: testimony ordered taken before Examiner J. T. K. Plant. ASSIGNMENTS FOR TO-DAY. EQUITY COURT-JUSTICE Cox.-Nos. 11, Jones VS. Acton: 12, Marbury vs. Dorman: 13, Watkins VS. Smith: 14, Huntley vs. Huntley: 15, Peugh vs. Davis; 16, Fletcher vs. Murray: 17, Russ vs. Graham: 18, Edwards, assignee, vs. Entwisle: 19, Eaton vs. Griffith: 20, Arnold vs. Arnold; 21, McCormick vs. Freedman's Savings & Trust company: 22. Birch VS. Campbell: 23, Dwight vs. White: 24, Lowe vs. Brooks; 25, Marr vs. Brown: 26. Nolte vs. Nolte: 27, Evely vs. Evely: 28, Farr vs. Keyser; 29, Ellis VS. Ellis; 30, Hilton vs. Hilton. CRIMINAL COURT-JUSTICE JAMES-Marco Laurenzi, Sunday bar; James H. Hayes, unlicensed bar; Nicholas May, same: G. A. Bartholomew, same; John Croney, same: A. J. Bradley, unlicensed produce dealer; George Johns, concealed weapons; John C. Bauman, profanity.

2. April 5, 1881 National Republican Washington, DC
Article from National Republican, April 5, 1881

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Article Text

REAL ESTATE. The Official Transfers of Yesterday as Recorded. Mr. J. F. Olmstead presents the following transactions in real estate in the District yesterday, as reported to him by the Recorder of Deeds: CITY PROPERTY. On P street north, near Seventeenth street west; sublot G (16 by 90 feet), square 157; Octavia Parker to Eliza Parker, $2,500. On K street north, between Connecticut avenue and Eighteenth street west; east one-half of lot 5 (24 feet 6 inches by depth), square 163; Bushrod Robinson et al., trustees, to Ann Eliza Jackson, $2,025. On Twenty-first street west, between N and O streets north: part of sublots 10 and 11 (42 by 100 feet), square 97: Roxana Lamson to William W. Leibert, $850. On alley between S and T streets north: rear part of lot 7 (21 by 50 feet), square 275; Caroline R. West to Frank H. Fall, $200. On I street north, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets west; sublot 23 (28 feet 3 inches by 142 feet 7 inches), square 199: Reginald Fendall, trustee, to Ann C. Haupt, $16,500. On Eighth street west, between P and Q streets north; sublot 12 (20 by 95 feet), square 421; Robert H. Ward, trustee, to William Schwing and A. J. Clarke, $1,850. On Eighth street west, between I and K streets north: part of lot 11 (north 3 feet by 92 feet), square 43: John Hitz, to B. U. Keyser, receiver German National Bank, nominal. On Pennsylvania avenue, between Third and Four-and-a-half streets west: lot 13 (25 by 180 feet), reservation 10; William F. Mattingly et al., trustees, to B. U. Keyser, receiver German National Bank, $10,000. On Four-and-a-half street west, near Pennsylvania avenue: sublot 23 (24 feet by 165 feet 8 inches); also on alley between Pennsylvania avenue and C street north: part of sublot 46 (south 12 feet by 81 feet 3 inches), all in reservation No. 10: William W. Boarman, trustee, to George W. Utermehle, $5,380. On E street south, corner of Third street east; part of lots 1 and 14 (east 50 feet by 144 feet 3 inches), square 761; J. T. Call, trustee, to the directors of Providence Hospital, $4,000. GEORGETOWN. On Second street, corner of High street: part of lots 127, 128, and 157, block 74: Henry Kengla to Charles W. Butler, $1,300. On Third street, near High street; part of lots 155 and 156 (52 by 159 feet), block 74: Anthony Hanlon to William J. Gill, $2,500. On Fayette street, corner of Fourth street; lot 136 and north 30 feet of lot 135 (90 by 126 feet), block 83; Ann R. O'Neil et al. to Mabel Gardiner Bell, $8,000. COUNTY. Henry C. Griswold to Sarah J. Perkins; lots 55 and division of a tract called "Chichester," $150.