Overview

The Seattle Trust Company maintained its headquarters at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and Columbia Street in 1935. At the time, most of the major banks operating in Seattle maintained their headquarters on 2nd Avenue. This included the Bank of California at 815 2nd Avenue, Canadian Bank of Commerce at 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street, Seattle 1st National Bank at 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street, National Bank of Commerce at 2nd Avenue and Spring Street, North Coast Bank and Trust Company at 919 2nd Avenue, Pacific National Bank of Seattle at 2nd Avenue and Madison Street, and the Washington Mutual Savings Bank at 1101 2nd Avenue. Two Japanese banks, the Sumitomo Bank of Seattle and the Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd., operated a block away at 802 3rd Avenue and 822 3rd Avenue, respectively. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1935, p. 1662.)

Building History

The Seattle Trust Company changed its name to the "Seattle Trust and Savings Bank" on 01/06/1936. (See Moody's Manual of Investments, American and Foreign; Banks, Insurance Companies, Investment Trusts, Real Estate, Finance and Credit Companies, [New York: Moody's Investor Service, 1940], p. A-15.)

By 1955, the renamed "Seattle Trust and Savings Bank" had six branches in addition to the main bank at 2nd Avenue and Columbia. They included: The 4th Avenue and Union Street Branch, 1409 4th Avenue; Times Square Branch, 6th Avenue and Olive Street; Green Lake Branch, Woodlawn and East 72nd; Highline Branch, 162nd and Ambaum Road; Richmond Highlands Branch, North 175th and Aurora Avenue; University Branch, 4700 25th Avenue NE. (See Seattle Trust and Savings Bank ad, Seattle Times, 03/15/1955, p. 26.)

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