Western Reserve NB, Warren, OH (Charter 3362)

Postcard view from the Mahoning River of the Western Reserve National Bank (left) and The Second National Bank (right) ca1910. Courtesy of Adam Stroup

Western Reserve NB, Warren, OH (Chartered 1885 - Closed 1927)

Town History

Postcard view from the Mahoning River of The Mahoning Building, formerly the Western Reserve National Bank (left) and Second National Bank (right), Warren, Ohio ca1930s at night. Courtesy of Adam Stroup

Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio, approximately 14 miles northwest of Youngstown and 56 miles southeast of Cleveland. The population was 41,558 at the 2010 census. Warren is the second largest city in the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and anchors the northern part of that area.

Ephraim Quinby founded Warren in 1798, on 441 acres of land that he purchased from the Connecticut Land Company, as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Quinby named the town for the town's surveyor, Moses Warren. The town was the county seat of the Western Reserve, then became the Trumbull County seat in 1801.

During the latter decades of the nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, Warren remained an important trading and manufacturing center. By 1888, four railroads connected the community with other parts of Ohio. In that same year, there were five newspaper offices, seven churches, three banks and numerous manufacturing firms in Warren. The businesses manufactured a wide variety of products including linseed oil, furniture, barrel staves, wool fabric, blinds, incandescent bulbs, automobiles, and carriages.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, steel production was a major industry in the county because of large deposits of coal and iron ore in surrounding counties. In recent years, many Warren residents have worked in local service and retail sales businesses. Many examples of late 19th and early 20th century architectural styles still stand in downtown Warren, including the Trumbull County Courthouse, which contains one of the largest courtrooms in the state of Ohio, and the Trumbull County Carnegie Law Library.

Warren had six National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all six of those banks issued National Bank Notes. Warren also had one Obsolete Bank that issued Obsolete Bank Notes during the Obsolete Bank Note Era (1782-1866).

Bank History

Organized May 26, 1885
Chartered Jul 6, 1885
Succeeded 1578 (Trumbull National Bank, Warren, OH)
Assumed 6289 by consolidation Feb 21, 1907 (New National Bank, Warren, OH)
Closed May 24, 1927
Consolidated with 2479 May 24, 1927 (Second National Bank, Warren, OH)
Circulation assumed by 2479 (Second National Bank, Warren, OH)

The Western Reserve National Bank of Warren, Ohio was organized in 1885. It should be noted that two banks included 'Western Reserve National Bank' in their titles, the first being located in Warren, Ohio, with charter 3362 and the subject of this bank history, and the second being found in Cleveland, Ohio, charter 4782.

In July 1885, the acting Comptroller of the Currency authorized the Western Reserve National Bank of Warren, Ohio to begin business with a capital of $100,000.

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Western Reserve National Bank of Warren, OH

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Red Seal $20 bank note with pen signatures of Daniel A. Geiger, Cashier and S.W. Park, President. Courtesy of Lyn Knight Auctions, www.lynknight.com

A total of $2,802,800 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1885 and 1927. This consisted of a total of 224,224 notes (224,224 large size and No small size notes).

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

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1882 Brown Back	3x10-20	1 - 5501
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 5600
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 18300
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	18301 - 44955

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1885 - 1927):

Presidents:

Cashiers:

Other Bank Note Signers

There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.

Wiki Links

Sources

Warren, OH, 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
The Jasper Weekly Courier, Jasper, IN, Fri., July 17, 1885.