Hancock Bank (Hancock, MD)

Episode Information

Episode UID
7233275991573
Episode Type
Suspension → Reopening
Bank Type
state
Bank ID
723327599 hash
Start Date
January 1, 1931*
Location
Hancock, Maryland (39.699, -78.180)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini (chosen from majority vote of a three-model LLM ensemble)
Short Digest
6b2fd0569e3d1409

Response Measures

None

Description

Receivership was dismissed when the bank reopened; closure appears to have been under receivership/government action.

Events (4)
1. January 1, 1931* Suspension
Cause
Government Action
Cause Details
Closed and placed in receivership as part of multiple Maryland bank closures beginning January 1931.
Newspaper Excerpt
eighteen banks in Maryland which closed their doors since January, 1931
Source
newspapers
2. February 16, 1932 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
Judge Frank G. Wagaman signed an order dismissing receivership proceedings.
Source
newspapers
3. February 16, 1932 Reopening
Newspaper Excerpt
The Hancock Bank, of Hancock ... reopened yesterday with C. H Locher as president.
Source
newspapers
4. August 13, 1932 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
TEN MARYLAND BANKS HAVE NOW REOPENED ... Banks which have reopened are: ... Hancock Bank ...
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (2)
1. February 16, 1932 The Washington Times Washington, DC
Article from The Washington Times, February 16, 1932

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Article Text

Hancock Bank Opens; Receivership Ends HAGERSTOWN, Md., Feb. 16. The Hancock Bank, of Hancock, the first of five banks closed in the county since last fall, reopened yesterday with C. H Locher as president. The bank is the seventh of 14 closed in Mary. land to reopen. Judge Frank G. Wagaman signed an order dismissing receivership proceedings.

2. August 14, 1932 Evening star Washington, DC

Article Text

TEN MARYLAND BANKS HAVE NOW REOPENED Only Eight Institutions in State Are Now Closed—Another Reopening Planned. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 13.—Ten of the eighteen banks in Maryland which closed their doors since January, 1931, have reopened. The eleventh is expected to do so September 1, according to officials of the State bank commissioner's office. The prospect for another institution opening its doors soon is said to be good. Banks which have reopened are: State Bank of Trappe, opened as a branch of the Farmers & Merchants' Bank of Easton; Detour Bank, Commercial Bank of Frederick, Hancock Bank, Queenstown Bank, Middletown Savings Bank, Provident Bank at Preston, Farmers' Bank of Somerset County at Marion Station and the First State Bank, Grantville. The bank expected to reopen September 1 is the Savings Bank at Williamsport.