Havana National Bank, Havana, IL (Charter 2242)

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Postcard of the Havana National Bank, Havana, Illinois, ca1920s.
Postcard of the Havana National Bank, Havana, Illinois, ca1920s. Courtesy of Adam Stroup

Havana National Bank, Havana, IL (Chartered 1875 - Open past 1935)

Town History

Photo of the the Havana National Bank in 2021.
Photo of the the Havana National Bank in 2021.  Courtesy of Google Maps

Havana is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Illinois. The population was 3,301 at the 2010 census. In 1880, the population was 2,118 and it peaked in 1950 at 4,379. The city was named after Havana, the capital of Cuba.

Havana is located on the Illinois River near the Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, and a short distance from Bath, Illinois. Havana was notorious as a gambling river town, and it is reported that names such as Al Capone would hunt, fish, and gamble in the local clubs.

Havana had one National Bank chartered during the Bank Note Era, and it issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

  • Organized March 25, 1875
  • Chartered March 30, 1875
  • Bank was Open past 1935
  • For Bank History after 1935 see FDIC Bank History website
  • Bank still in business as Havana NB (February 2022)

The Havana National Bank of Havana was organized in 1875 by George S. King, Dr. E.B. Harphan, F. Lowe, August Otto, S.H. Ingersoll, G.T. Meyer, Adolf Krebaum, and their associates, with a capital stock of $50,000. In 1926 the officers of the bank were as follows: C.P. King, president; A.D. Cullinane, vice president; Oliver D. Covington, vice president, Philip D. Dieffenbacher, cashier; and L.W. Anno, assistant cashier. The members of the board of directors were Philip D. Dieffenbacher, C.P. King, Oliver D. Covington, A.D. Cullinane, Louis Hahn, G.K. Linton, and E. Morgan. The vice presidents from organization through 1926 were August Otto, Dr. E.B. Harphan, G.T. Meyer, O.H. Harphan, and Oliver D. Covington.

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Havana National Bank, Havana, IL

Bank Note Types Issued

1882 Brown Back $10 bank note with pen signatures of N.C. King, Cashier and G.T. Meyer, Vice President.
1882 Brown Back $10 bank note with pen signatures of N.C. King, Cashier and G.T. Meyer, Vice President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com
1929 Type 1 $20 bank note with printed signatures of P.D. Dieffenbacher, Cashier and C.P. King, President.
1929 Type 1 $20 bank note with printed signatures of P.D. Dieffenbacher, Cashier and C.P. King, President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $993,600 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1875 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 79,399 notes (68,792 large size and 10,607 small size notes).

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

Series/Type Sheet/Denoms Serial#s Sheet Comments
Original Series 3x10-20 1 - 900
Series 1875 3x10-20 1 - 2540
1882 Brown Back 3x10-20 1 - 6150
1882 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 5790
1902 Date Back 3x10-20 1 - 1818
1929 Type 1 6x10 1 - 1236
1929 Type 1 6x20 1 - 418
1929 Type 2 10 1 - 428
1929 Type 2 20 1 - 255

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1875 - 1936):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Bank Note Signers

Wiki Links

Sources

  • Havana, IL, 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://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project
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