Savings Bank and Church Belfast, Me. 70c

Savings Bank and Church Belfast, Me. 70c

"Savings Bank and Church Belfast, Me. 70c" Street Scene, Buildings, Stores, Savings Bank, Sign [Donton & Morse attorneys, Brackett's Printery, Geo E. Brackett, Mrs. H.G. Cunningham Fernald, & Combs], Church, Bell Tower, People, Men, Women, Telephone Poles "Savings Bank Building, Main and Church Streets, remodeled to present appearance in 1910 with addition of a full third floor. The bank occupied the first floor; Dunton & Morse, attorneys, the second floor; and the Waldo Telephone Company, the third floor." --Earle Shettleworth, 2011 The Belfast Savings Bank was established in 1868 and occupied the Haraden Block across Main Street from the Post Office from 1874 until it closed its doors in March of 1922, unable to pay dividends. "To the manifest surprise of our people" read a message on the front page of the Republican Journal from the four bank directors (James H. Howes, Arthur I. Brown, Ben D. Field,and Robert F. Dunton) stating that would be unable to pay a dividend that year and decided to close down in response. Dunton, a former bank examiner, was named the receiver and the bulk of the deposits were honored.