Exchange National Bank - Winter Haven, FL

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 13437
Charter Number: 13437
Start Date: March 1, 1933*
Location: Winter Haven, Florida (28.022, -81.733)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 9eb4adf0

Response Measures

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Description

Article (Tampa Tribune, 1933-03-15) reports Exchange National Bank of Winter Haven was granted license by Secretary Woodin to open for unrestricted business after a prior suspension. No run is mentioned. This fits a suspension (government action) followed by reopening during the March 1933 bank holiday/licensing period.

Events (3)

1. March 15, 1930 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. March 1, 1933* Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Bank had been closed/suspended and required a license from the Secretary (Woodin) / Federal Reserve to reopen following the March 1933 bank closings.
Newspaper Excerpt: were granted license to open for unrestricted business tomorrow morning
Source: newspapers

3. March 15, 1933 Reopening

Newspaper Excerpt: Two Winter Haven Banks Open Today ... were notified today ... that they had been granted license to open for unrestricted business tomorrow morning at the usual banking hour. The telegrams ... said that the licenses had been issued by Secretary Woodin at Washington and were being issued tonight (Tampa Tribune, 1933-03-15). (Opening reported in article dated 1933-03-15.)
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. March 15, 1933 The Tampa Tribune Tampa, FL

Article from The Tampa Tribune, March 15, 1933

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Article Text

Two Winter Haven Banks Open Today WINTER HAVEN. March 14-(Special. Exchange National bank and the American members of the Haven bank clearing house assoct on. were notified today by Eugene R. Black. governor of the federal reserve bank in Atlanta, that they had been granted license to open for unrestricted business tomorrow morning at the usual banking hour. The telegrams to W. D. Gray, vicepresident and cashier of the American National, and L. B. Anderson, executive president of the Exchange National. said that the licenses had been issued by Secretary Woodin at Washington and were being issued tonight