Union Savings Bank

1870s stereoview image by William B. Ingersoll

The Union Savings Bank was established in 1869 by A. C. Henry. It was just the second bank formed in Alameda County. It was absorbed by the Central Bank in 1914.

Until 1905, the bank was on the southeast corner of Broadway and 9th Street. Between 1905 and 1914, the bank was in the Union Savings Bank - Easton Building.

1896 drawing ¹

Bank Directors

Directors - 1874

1874 directory listing

• A. C. Henry - president
• J. West Marin - vice-president
• John C. Hays
• E. Bigelow
• E. A. Haines
• Samuel Woods
• Hiram Tubbs
• H. H. Haight
• C. T. H. Palmer
• S. Huff
• W. W. Crane, Jr.
• Charles Webb Howard
• R. W. Kirkham
• R. S. Farrelly
• J. Mora Moss

Officers - 1896

• Thomas Prather - president
• J. West Martin - vice-president
• Charles E. Palmer - cashier

Directors - 1910

• Joseph R. Knowland (succeeded Horry W. Meek)
• William G. Henshaw
• Charles Rodolph
• Victor H. Metcalf - vice-president and manager
• W. F. Bissell
• H. J. Knowles
• Percie C. Black

Links and References

• A directory of the city of Oakland and the town of Alameda for the year ending 1874
• Knowland Elected to Directorate of Bank San Francisco Call March 16, 1910

1. Illustrated Directory of Oakland 1896