First National Bank - Winston-Salem, NC

Episode Information

Episode UID: 231901561
Episode Type: Suspension → Closure
Bank Type: national
Bank ID: 23190 national
Charter Number: 2319
Start Date: January 3, 1930
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina (36.100, -80.244)

Metadata

Model: gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest: 890b2aa98904612d

Response Measures

None

Description

OCR is poor; article is a receiver's statement indicating the bank is in receivership but details are fragmentary.

Events (4)

1. February 2, 1876 Chartered

Source: historical_nic

2. February 15, 1897 Voluntary Liquidation

Source: historical_nic

3. January 3, 1930 Receivership

Newspaper Excerpt: STATEMENT BY BANK RECEIVER ENCOURAGING ... first statement of the bank since its ... by Receiver greatly interested in the ... since its doors ... The First Bank ... statement by bank receiver encouraging ... assets follows: cash Liabilities deposits ... receiver mentioned in article indicating receivership assignment
Source: newspapers

4. January 3, 1930 Suspension

Cause: Government Action
Cause Details: Bank placed under a receiver; receiver issued first statement indicating suspension of normal operations
Newspaper Excerpt: STATEMENT BY BANK RECEIVER ... first statement of the bank since its ... Receiver
Source: newspapers

Newspaper Articles (1)

1. January 3, 1930 The Sentinel Winston-Salem, NC

Article from The Sentinel, January 3, 1930

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Article Text

STATEMENT BY BANK RECEIVER ENCOURAGING New of against liabilities of the First National been in first statement of the bank since its on to by Receiver greatly interested in the of since its doors folheavy funds The First Bank several months the original NationBank of to of has been here The assets follows: cash Liabilities deposits seof assets the rediscounts the bank and bills pay. secured of assets