First National Bank (Lewiston, ID)

View Charter #2972 on SPMC View balance sheet

Episode Information

Episode UID
297201599
Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
29720 national
Charter Number
2972
Start Date
March 6, 1933
Location
Lewiston, Idaho (46.417, -117.018)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
931d662133b56b60

Response Measures

None

Events (5)
1. June 11, 1883 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. March 6, 1933 Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Federal proclamation and Federal Reserve order (national banking holiday) closed all Idaho banks.
Newspaper Excerpt
The proclamation of President Roosevelt automatically closed the doors of every banking institution in Idaho.
Source
newspapers
3. March 18, 1933 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Decision of the First National Bank of Lewiston to open immediately made it possible for six affiliated banks to open and one which was not affiliated.
Source
newspapers
4. March 18, 1933 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
Permission ... granted by federal and state banking authorities. Decision of the First National Bank of Lewiston to open immediately ... opened under state permit.
Source
newspapers
5. August 31, 1946 Voluntary Liquidation
Source
historical_nic

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. March 6, 1933 The Idaho Statesman Boise, ID

Article Text

All Idaho of Banks Closed The proclamation of President Roosevelt automatically closed the doors of every banking institution in Idaho. The news was received in Boise first by The Statesman about o'clock. Earlier in the day the twelfth district federal reserve bank sued an order calling holiday Monday for all members of the federal system in Idaho and other western states. The First National Bank of Idaho in Boise and the eight banks formerly with to observe the holiday, according an official were all other member banks in the state.

2. March 18, 1933 Reno Gazette-Journal Reno, NV

Article Text

NORTH IDAHO BANK IS OPEN BOISE, IDAHO, March One North Idaho state bank was opened today and permission for five more state banks and three national banks to open Monday in the same territory has been granted by federal and state banking authorities. Opening of these will bring to total of eighty-one the number of banks open, leaving fifteen only closed of which five are national and ten state banks. Decision of the First National Bank of Lewiston to open immediately made it possible for six affiliated banks to open and one which was not affiliated. The AmeriBank and Trust Company of Lewiston. independent of the First National group, opened this morning under state permit, soon as the department of finance assured permits to open had been granted the national banks in that city.