Cherry Creek National Bank, Cherry Creek, NY (Charter 10481)

ca.1919 postcard of the Cherry Creek National Bank (middle). Courtesy of Robert Moon.

Cherry Creek National Bank, Cherry Creek, NY (Chartered 1914 - Liquidated 1934)

Town History

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Cherry Creek is a town in Chautauqua County, NY, taking its name from the small stream that flows through the town into Conewango Creek.  The community was first settled circa 1815, and the town of Cherry Creek was formed in 1829 from part of the town of Ellington. The settlement got its name from a cherry tree planted by Holland Land Company surveyor Joshua Bentley to mark the center of the new town.  By 1900 the community featured churches, schools, grocery and meat markets, clothing and dry goods stores. Using the area's water, timber, agricultural and mineral resources, factories produced cheese and butter boxes, charcoal, and milk products and supported a canning factory and an iron foundry.

The population was 1,118 at the 2010 census and peaked in 1900 at 1,745.

Cherry Creek had two National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and both of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized January 26, 1914
• Chartered January 30, 1914
• Succeeded E. B. Crissey & Co., Bankers, Cherry Creek, NY
• Conservatorship March 21, 1933
• Liquidated May 15, 1934
• Succeeded by 14078 (Cherry Creek National Bank, Cherry Creek, NY)

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Cherry Creek National Bank, Cherry Creek, NY

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Date Back $5 bank note with pen signatures of Nora B. Lake, Cashier and Edgar. W. Curtis, Vice President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

1929 Type 1 $5 bank note with printed signatures of Nora B. Lake, Cashier and H. E. Crissey, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $303,280 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1914 and 1934. This consisted of a total of 43,352 notes (31,588 large size and 11,764 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1902 Date Back	4x5	1 - 410
1902 Date Back	4x10	1 - 420
1902 Plain Back	4x5	411 - 4531
1902 Plain Back	4x10	421 - 3366
1929 Type 1	6x5	1 - 1204
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 576
1929 Type 2	5	1 - 700
1929 Type 2	10	1 - 384

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

The Cherry Creek National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1914 - 1934):

Presidents:

• Harold Elverton Crissey, 1914-1933

Cashiers:

• Nora B. Lake, 1914-1931
• Samuel Newton Smith, 1931-1932
• Cora Dye Casten, 1932-1933

Other Bank Note Signers

• Edgar. W. Curtis, Vice President 1914-1915
• C. L. Edwards, Vice President 1916-1933

Wiki Links

• New York Bank Note History
• General information on Cherry Creek (Wikipedia)
• General information on Chautauqua County (Wikipedia)
• General information on New York (Wikipedia)

Sources

• Cherry Creek, NY, on Wikipedia
• Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
• Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
• Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://bbdata.banknotehistory.com