Ship Builders Bank - Rockland, ME

Bank Information

Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: state
Start Date: July 7, 1858
Location: Rockland, Maine (44.104, -69.109)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini
Short Digest: 999a5cfc

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR corrected bank name from SHIHBUILDERS' to Ship Builders' Bank. Article (Jul 30, 1858) reports receivers sold the bank's property on 'the 7th inst.', indicating the bank was in receivership and effectively closed. No mention of a run prior to suspension/receivership in the provided text.

Events (1)

1. July 7, 1858 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: The receivers of this Bank, on the 7th inst., sold the following property, at Rockland, at public auction
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. July 30, 1858 Oxford Democrat Paris, South Paris, ME

Article from Oxford Democrat, July 30, 1858

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Article Text

SHIHBUILDERS' BANK. The receivers of this Bank, on the 7th inst., sold the following property, at Rockland, at public auction : The house and lot formerly occupied by H. C. Lowell, $555; five-sixteenths of Lowell & Jones' whart, $152; Bank lot $1365; one fourth of Henry Morse Quarry, $305; one-eighth of same, $220 ; one-half of Buzzey Quarry, $310; land in South Thomaston, $52; one-fourth of Atlantic wharf &c., $1515. Total, $4474.