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Bank of
Auburn
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Bank of
Auburn was organized as a stock company. Located in a
store building near Aull & Co. Drug Store.
It later
moved to a better location on the north west corner of
Main Street/Pearl Street, diagonally across from the
G. W. Davidson Banking Company.
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Its
presidents were Dr. T. O. Helm, followed by W.
W. Walters, then by H. P. McCormick and finally
S. R. Stokes.
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| 1929 |
The Bank of Auburn merged with the G.
W. Davidson Banking Company on March 20, 1929 forming
the Auburn Banking Company, which still carries on
business, into the new millennium, under the same
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This
is the location (west corner of Pearl & Main
Street) of the Bank of Auburn from 1905 until it
amalgamated with G. W. Davidson Banking Company
in 1929
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Below: An inside view of the Bank of Auburn
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is a picture taken at the Bank of Auburn. The
time frame is between 1906 and the time of it's
amalgamation with the G. W. Davidson Banking
Company in 1929, then becoming the Auburn
Banking Company. The location here is the
north/west corner of Main/Pearl Street.
Pay particular
attention to the free standing safe by the wall.
This is the very same safe that the Auburn
Historical Society acquired at the end of 2009.
By sheer luck it was spotted by one of the
Historical Society directors and saved it from
the scrap heap (not without cost.)
The safe at the
time of writing is located outside the Museum
door, waiting for a suitable location. Wouldn't
it be nice if the above property became
available and modified to the time period in
question as part of an overall strategy for
Auburn.
From research this
safe was built in 1906.
Follow this link
for the history of same. |
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Auburn Banking Company
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Auburn Banking Company |
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On March 20, 1929 the G. W.
Davidson Banking Company merged with the Bank of Auburn to form the Auburn
Banking Company. |
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| 1929- |
1938 |
1st President:
James Guthrie Coke. |
| 1938- |
1958 |
2nd President:
James H. Bumpus. |
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3rd President;
Claude D. Pottinger |
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1995
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4th President:
Glenn Tinsley |
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2000 |
5th President:
Kenny Coleman. |
| 2000 |
2002 |
6th President
Robert Strickland |
| 2002 |
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7th President
John Sheffield |
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The Auburn Banking Company
operated from the premises originally owned by the G. W. Davidson Banking
Company at 101 East Main Street. The property was sold to Neal Insurance
when the Bank moved to 102-104 West Main Street. The property was
subsequently sold to Logan Telephone Coop who are the present (1997) owners. |
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The Auburn Banking Company
moved to its new custom built premises at 218 West Main Street. |
| 1995:
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Auburn Banking Company
announced the proposed acquisition of its stock by the First Community
Bancorp, Inc., a Hopkinsville, Kentucky based holding company. Having
received regulatory approval Auburn Banking Company sold its stock to First
Community Bancorp, Inc. on December 20, 1993. |
M.
C. Neal - New Director of Auburn Banking Co.
News-Democrat March 11, 1965
At a recent stockholders meeting of
the Auburn Banking Company, M. C. Neal, executive vice-president, was voted a
director of the bank.
Other directors are C. D. Pottinger,
G. B. Robbins, H. O. Finney, Archie Simmons, and J. H. Bumpus, honorary.
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