BANKS, INSURANCE, MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT COMPANIES
| Name | Address | Photo(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Please Note: We have hundreds of photos and data files to sort. The files and additions will be added in batches after editing. | ||
| American Guaranty & Trust Company | • 1600 Delaware Avenue | Yes |
| American Life Insurance Company | • 12th & Market Street | Yes |
| Artisans Savings Bank | • 117 Market Street, 1861 • 602 Market Street, 1865 • 502 Market Street, 1871 • 505 Market Street, 1909 |
Yes |
| Bank of Delaware | • Organized in 1795, first located at 4th & Market Streets • Relocated to 6th & Market Street in 1815 • In 1892, moved to 901 Market Street and expanded to a larger building in 1959 • In 1970, the bank moved into a 17 story building at Delaware Avenue & West Street |
Yes |
| Bank One | See First USA | Yes |
| Brandywine Trust & Savings Bank | • 2122 Market Street | Yes |
| Central National Bank | Organized in 1885 and moved its Market Street location in 1890 Other locations were: • 4th & Lincoln Street • 501 Fifth Streets • 401 Maryland Avenue • 601 Madison Street • In 1951, Central National merged with Security Trust Company Morris Jewelers purchased the old bank building in 1956. |
Yes |
| Chase Manhattan Bank | In January 1981, the Chase Manhattan Bank announced that it was moving their credit card operations to Delaware. | Yes |
| City Bank & Trust Company | • 2120 Market Street • Formerly Fourth Street Trust Company, Fourth & Madison Streets |
Yes |
| Colonial National Bank | • 4th & Lincoln Street • 401 Maryland Avenue • 601 Madison Street |
Yes |
| Commercial Trust Company | ||
| Continental American Life Insurance Company | • 11th & King Streets • 2024 DuPont Building • 200 Equitable Building, 901 Market Street • 11th & King Street |
Yes |
| Delaware Mortgage Investment Company | • 10th & Orange Streets | Yes |
| • Delaware Trust Company | • 900 Market Street • Fairfax |
Yes |
| Equitable Trust Company | • 5th & Market Street • 6th & Market Street • 2nd & Union Street • 909 Shipley Street • Merchandise Mart • 1952, Merged with Security Trust Company to become Equitable Security Trust Company • Main office, 901 Market Street • 1957: Name changed to Bank of Delaware Also see Security Trust Company |
Yes |
| Equitable Security Trust Company | • 901 Market Street • 2nd & Union Street • 219 Market Street • 909 Shipley Street |
Yes |
| Family Mutual Life Insurance Company | • 401 South Harrison Street | Yes |
| Farmers Bank Of The State of Delaware | • 3rd & Market Street, opened 1915 • 9th & Shipley Street • 30th & Market Street |
Yes |
| Fidelity Bank & Trust Company | • The bank that was not to be... • 9th & Orange Streets • 404 Citizens Bank Building (Temporary Office) |
Yes |
| First Fidelity Bank Delaware | • Formerly, First State Bank • One Rodney Square Originally located at 1225 King Street |
Yes |
| First State Bank | Later called First Fidelity Bank De • One Rodney Square • 1225 King Street • 3926 Kirkwood Highway |
Yes |
| First USA | • One Christina Center • Fourth & Walnut Streets |
Yes |
| Fourth Street Trust Company | • Fourth & Madison Street • Later became City Bank & Trust Company • 2120 Market Street |
Yes |
| Highfield & Watkin, Inc | • 910 West Street | |
| Industrial Savings, Loan and Investment Company | • 923 Market Street
• 10th & Shipley Streets Merged with Industrial Trust Company, 1920 |
Yes |
| Industrial Trust Company | • 3605 Market Street • 418-420 Delaware Avenue • 10th & Shipley Street • 2120 Market Street |
Yes |
| Kendall, Harry S. | • 1208 New Road, Elsmere | Yes |
| Kosciuszko Savings & Loan Association | • Charted in 1911. 1920, located to 906 Linden Street 40 years later, located to 600 S. Harrison Street 1987, became Eagle Federal S&L |
Yes |
| Liberty Loan Bank | • 600½ Market Street • Opened in 1918, relocated to the Bank of Delaware in 1920 |
Yes |
| Life Insurance Company | • Ford Building | |
| Lincoln Street Loan Association | • 815 Lincoln Street • Ciro Poppiti, founder (1925), president and manager |
Yes |
| MBNA | • Founded in 1982, led by Charles Cawley. He opened its first office in an old A&P food market on Ogletown Road and introduced the 'affinity card' in 1983. • Sold to Bank of America in 2000 |
Yes |
| McCloskey, James F | • 821 Tatnall Street | |
| Meli Insurance Agency, Inc | • 917 Shipley Street | |
| Monaghan, J J Company | • 832 Orange Street | |
| Morris Bank | • 909 Shipley Street | Yes |
| Massey, Thomas, 3rd | • 605 W 29th Street | |
| Montgomery, J A | • 10th & Orange Street | |
| National Bank of Delaware | • 6th & Market Streets, Charted 1865 Merged with Security Trust Company in 1930 |
Yes |
| National Real Estate Trust Company | • 1010-1012 King Street | |
| New Castle Mutual Insurance Company | • 1007 Washington Street | |
| Ninth Ward Savings and Loan Association | • 224 West Ninth Street • 408 Delaware Avenue | Yes |
| Parker, L C | • 1014 Delaware Avenue | |
| Peoples Bank & Trust Company | • 1300 Market Street | Yes |
| Perpetual Savings and Loan Association | • Ninth and Orange Street | |
| Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company | Christiana Building | |
| Roeper, Carl A | • 600A Delaware Avenue | |
| Security Trust Company | • 6th & Market Street Charted in 1885. Merged with Central National Bank, 1951 |
Yes |
| Simonton, F H | • 1076 duPont Building | |
| Wilmington Savings Fund Society | • 500 Delaware Avenue
• 838 Market Street • 3rd & Union Street |
Yes |
| Wilmington Trust Company | • 10th & Market Street | Yes |
| Wiley, Paul S | • 215 W 9th Street | |
| Zutz, Harry David | • 905 Orange Street | |
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Created: June 15, 2015
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