Bangor Savings Bank - Bangor, ME

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: savings bank
Start Date: December 1, 1931*
Location: Bangor, Maine (44.801, -68.778)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: dab6edfe

Response Measures

None

Description

Article (Dec 23, 1931) lists property transfers executed 'Bangor Savings Bank by receiver, Alvah Dorr', indicating the bank was in receivership/closed. No mention of a depositor run or reopening in the provided text.

Events (2)

1. December 1, 1931* Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: Bangor Savings Bank by receiver, Alvah Dorr, received Dec... (recorded Dec. 10, 1931).
Source: newspapers

2. December 23, 1931 Other

Newspaper Excerpt: Real estate transfers... listed 'Bangor Savings Bank by receiver, Alvah Dorr' in registry; deed dated July 1880 but not recorded until December 10, 1931.
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. December 23, 1931 Ellsworth American Ellsworth, ME

Article from Ellsworth American, December 23, 1931

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Article Text

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Recorded in Hancock County During Week Ending Dec. 19. 1931 listed "Bangor Savings Bank by receiver, Alvah Dorr, received Dec been given Bucksport Savings by ceiver, Alvah Dorr. The deed dated July 1880, and was knowledged August of that year, but not for record until December 10. 1931 The registry regrets that this error occurred Ralph Douglas to Gerard Leonard Ralph Woodbridge to Ernest Cole (et Bucksport Warranty deed. Frederick Dodd to May Bullock, Warranty deed. Mrs. Ada Fletcher to Allen G. Brenton, Hancock Quit-claim deed. Allen Brenton to Nellie Brenton, Hancock Warranty Leroy Butterfield (by admx.) to Roy Davis, deed. Reginald M (by trustees) to Bell Gurnee, deed. Bell Gurnee Reginald M. Johnson, (by trustee) Eden Henry Dunbar to H. L. Kirsteid, Orland. Warranty deed Orman G. Larrabee to Frank E. Burgess, McKinley Warranty deed. Pearl Miles to Minta Mason, HanWarranty deed Ethel McKay Herbert Graham, Bar Harbor Warranty Herbert Graham to George C. McKay, Bar Harbor Warranty deed Ray Etter George McKay. Bar Harbor. Warranty Anna Coxe Yarnall to Hancock Co Trustees Public Reservations, Mt. Desert Release deed Alice Murray Hancock Co. Trustees Public Desert et Wm. H. Hinckley to Merrill Trust Co., Lamoine Foreclosure Guyowen Howard Hastings to Annie Howard. deed K. McGown Jenn McGown Release Stephen Cousins (et Celia Cousins. Brooklin. Quit-claim deed The Blodgett Co. Eliza Roberts, Southwest Harbor Warranty deed Edward Holmes to Florence W. Holmes. Tremont Warranty deed John Springer Frank Springer, al), Sullivan Warranty deed Myra Morris to Lester Bissett, Bluehill. Warranty deed Emma Barrett to Henry Smith, Brooklin Warranty deed. Mabel Bridges Leroy R. Flye, Brooklin Warranty deed.