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Among the new banks founded during the 1910s was the Atlas Savings and Loan, founded in 1915. Located at 5454 Broadway Avenue, this bank proved to be the fastest-growing of the new financial institutions. [67] The bank later funded construction of the Atlas Building at 5644 Broadway, which served as its home until 1921.
National City branch in Springboro, Ohio.. National City Bank was founded on May 17, 1845, when a group of Cleveland, Ohio businessmen pooled $50,000 to organize the City Bank of Cleveland, the first bank opened under the Ohio Bank Act of 1845 in a small town with no gas, electricity, public waterworks, or railroad. [8]
Bird's-eye view map of Cleveland in 1877. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.
The Society for Savings Building, also known as the Society Corp. Building, is a high-rise building on Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The building was constructed in 1889, [3] and stood as the tallest building in Cleveland until 1896, when it was surpassed by the 221-foot (67 m) Guardian Bank Building.
AmTrust Financial Building, formerly known as McDonald Investment Center, Key Center and the Central National Bank Building, is a commercial high-rise building in Cleveland, Ohio. The building rises 308 feet (94 m) in Downtown Cleveland. [1] It contains 23 floors, [1] and was completed in 1969. [2]
The district runs on Broadway between Cable and Barkwill Avenues, and on E. 55th Street between Lufkin and Broadway Avenues, with a few buildings to either side. It is the heart of the Czech community in Cleveland, and was once the second largest shopping district in the city. 20: Brooklyn Bank Building: Brooklyn Bank Building
In 1978, the bank acquired Shaker Savings. [1] In 1989, the bank acquired Palm Plaza Savings Association, based in Boca Raton, Florida. [2] In 2000, the bank opened its first branches in Phoenix, Arizona. [1] In 2007, the bank changed its name to Amtrust Bank. [3] In January 2009, the bank sold its 5 branches in Columbus, Ohio, to WesBanco. [4]
The First Banc Group, Inc. was formed in 1968 as a holding company for City National Bank and was used as a vehicle to acquire other banks. As Ohio began to gradually relax its very restrictive Great Depression era banking laws that had severely restricted bank branching and ownership, City National Bank, through its First Banc Group parent, started to purchase banks outside of its home county.