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| fate = Acquired in 1932 by [[Manufacturers Trust]]
| predecessors = Chatham National Bank <small>(1812-1911)</small><br>Phenix National Bank <br><small>(1850-1911)</small>
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The '''Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company''' was a bank in [[New York City]] connected with the '''Chatham Phenix Corporation'''.<ref name=lawsuit-salestalk/> Its predecessor '''Chatham and Phenix National Bank''' was formed in 1911 when Chatham National Bank paid $1,880,000 to absorb the asset of the Phenix National Bank.<ref name=merger1911/> The bank grew significantly as it absorbed smaller banking institutions, such as [[Mutual Alliance Trust Company]]<ref name=lay-plans/> and [[Century Bank]] in 1915, at which point Chatham and Phenix National Bank became the "first national bank to operate branches in the same city with the main bank."<ref name=kaufman-dies/>
Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company of New York was organized in 1925 with resources of around $300,000,000. At the time of its formation, it was one of the ten largest banks in the United States.<ref name=kaufman-dies/> In 1932, the company merged with the [[Manufacturers Trust]].<ref name=kaufman-dies/>
==History==
===Phenix Bank and Chatham Bank===
[[File:Louis Graveraet Kaufman.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Louis G. Kaufman]] became president of Chatham National Bank of New York in 1910,<ref name= "moodys"/> overseeing its merger with Phenix National a year later.<ref name= "state"/>]]
Phenix Bank was established in 1812<ref name=merger/><ref name=co-merger/> as the banking division of the New York Manufacturing Company, which made cotton looms and supplies. As the banking division initially focused on selling wire, it was named Wire Bank, becoming an independent institution in 1817 under the name Phenix Bank, with headquarters at 24 [[Wall Street]].<ref name=oldest-bank>{{Cite news | author=Staff |date =June 15, 1937| title =Oldest Link in Manufacturers Trust 'Tree,' 'Wire Bank,' Founded 125 Years Ago Today| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =33| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/06/15/94390649.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref> In 1894, the [[Marshall Ayres Jr.|Lombard & Ayres]] company of New York was worth $1,000,000, and the majority of its assets were kept in the Phenix National Bank in [[London]], where Josiah Lombard was the director.<ref>Staff (December 18, 1895) "Receiver for Lombard & Ayres", ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref>
The Chatham Bank was established in 1850.<ref name=merger/><ref name=co-merger/> On August 14, 1910, it was reported that George M. Hard had resigned as president of Chatham National Bank after fifty years with the bank, and had been elected [[chairman]] by the board.
<ref name=takes-head>{{cite news |author=Staff|date=August 14, 1910 |title=President Hard Resigns; L.G. Kaufman Takes His Place as Head of the Chatham National. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/08/14/archives/president-hard-resigns-lg-kaufman-takes-his-place-as-head-of-the.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date= February 19, 2017}}</ref> Shortly after becoming a member of the Chatham board, after Hard,<ref name=takes-head/> [[Louis Graveraet Kaufman]] became the president of Chatham National Bank of New York,<ref name= "moodys">{{cite news |author=Staff|title= A New Face in New York's Gallery of Bank Presidents |newspaper= Moody's Magazine |volume= 10 |year= 1910 |page= 391 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hQjPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA404-IA11}}</ref> although only after receiving special dispensation allowing him to remain president of First National Bank of Marquette.<ref name="aud">{{cite web |title= History of Graveraet High School |publisher= Kaufman Auditorium.org |url= http://kaufmanauditorium.org/graveraethistory.html |access-date= August 3, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120328114519/http://kaufmanauditorium.org/graveraethistory.html |archive-date= March 28, 2012 }}</ref> When Kaufman became president of Chatham,<ref name=kaufman-dies/> the bank's deposits were about $7,000,000.<ref name=kaufman-dies/>
===1911: Merger of Phenix and Chatham===
In 1911, Chatham National Bank of New York's president brought about a merger<ref name=merger/> with Chatham National Bank of New York and Phenix National.<ref name="state">{{cite web |url= http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/9928.htm |title= Granot Loma |publisher= Michigan State Housing Development Authority |work= Historic Sites Online |access-date= July 26, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120601093854/http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/9928.htm |archive-date= June 1, 2012 }}</ref>  In the early 1911 deal, Chatham National paid $1,880,000 to absorb the asset of the Phenix National Bank, creating Chatham and Phenix National. Deposits of the two banks as of January 7, 1911 was $17,957,209.<ref name=merger1911>{{Cite news| date=February 17, 1911|author=Staff| title =Phenix National 188; This Price Fixed by Committee for Merger with Chatham National| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| page =14| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1911/02/17/archives/phenix-national-188-this-price-fixed-by-committee-for-merger-with.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company was helped to be started by "[[J. Pierpont Morgan]], the renowned American financier."<ref name=manny/> At one point, the [[Astor family|Astor]] and [[Goelet family|Goelet]] estates were identified with the institution.<ref name=co-merger/>
===1915-1924: Acquisitions and branches===
In 1915, Century Bank was absorbed, as well as its branches, and Chatham National Bank became the first national bank to operate branches in the same city with the main bank.<ref name=kaufman-dies>{{Cite news| author=Staff| date =March 11, 1942| title =L. G. Kaufman Dies; Ex-Banker Here, 69| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =19| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/03/11/archives/l-g-kaufin-dies-exbanker-here-69-president-of-first-national-in.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref> In January 1915, there were negotiations for [[Chatham and Phenix National]] to buy and liquidate the [[Mutual Alliance Trust Company]] in its entirety. Chatham and Phenix Officers at the time included George M. Hard as chairman, [[Louis G. Kaufman]] as president, and three vice presidents.<ref name=lay-plans>{{Cite news| author=Staff| date =January 10, 1915| title =Bankers Lay Plans for Triple Merger; Chatham and Phenix National to Buy and Liquidate Mutual Alliance Trust Company. Favorable Vote Expected If Deal Goes Through, Two of Trust Company Branches Will Be Sold to the Century Bank| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=13| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/01/10/archives/bankers-lay-plans-for-triple-merger-chatham-and-phenix-national-to.html| access-date =January 20, 2017}}</ref> The merger was completed on January 14, 1915. The value of the merged institutions was $32,000,000. At the time, Kaufman was president of the Chatham, with Kaufman putting the deal through.<ref name=merger>{{Cite news| author=Staff| date =January 15, 1915| title =$32,000,000 Merger of Banks Effected; Sum Represents Deposits of Chatham-Phenix National and Alliance Trust. Terms Not Made Public - Century Takes Over Branches -- $10,400,000 of Assets Moved After Business Hours| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| page =5| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1915/01/15/archives/32000000-merger-of-banks-effected-sum-represents-deposits-of.html| access-date =January 20, 2017}}</ref> In July 1915, the bank was in talks to potentially become a state institution.<ref name=nyt-charter>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =July 30, 1915| title=Bank May Change Charter; Report That Chatham & Phenix Is Likely to Become State Institution| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/07/30/archives/bank-may-change-charter-report-that-chatham-phenix-is-likely-to.html| access-date =February 17, 2017}}</ref> As of December 31, 1915, Chatham-Phenix was third in the United States for most profit earned on capital stock.<ref name=chatham-leadsprofits>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =January 27, 1916| title =Banks Earns $7,164,000 On $10,000,000 Capital; First National Leads in Profits for the Year -- Liberty Next, Chatham-Phenix Third| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =1| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/01/27/archives/bank-earns-7164000-on-10000000-capital-first-national-leads-in.html| access-date =February 17, 2017}}</ref> By the end of 1916, the bank had deposits of about $86 million. At the time, Chatham and Phenix was "the only national branch which operates local branches, of which it has twelve," reported the ''Times''.<ref name=move-phenix/> The bank moved into the [[Singer Building]] on December 30, 1916.<ref name=final-move/> On July 3, 1917, Chatham & Phenix National Bank and other institutions donated [[Red Cross]] dividends to the Red Cross War Finance Committee.<ref name=recross>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =July 4, 1917| title =Red Cross Gets $173,000| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| page=10| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/07/04/archives/red-cross-gets-173000-days-receipts-include-100000-in-payment-of.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref>
In January 1921, the ''Times'' reported that the Chatham and Phenix Nation Bank was "one of the few institutions in New York which enjoyed an increase in deposits during the year just ended." Also, the bank was one of the "few members of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] which finished the year with no debt to that Bank, either bills payable or rediscounts."<ref name=good-chatham>{{Cite news| author=Staff| date =January 12, 1921| title =1920 Good for Chatham-Phenix Bank| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=32| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1921/01/12/archives/1920-good-for-chathamphenix-bank.html| access-date =February 17, 2017}}</ref> On November 7, 1921, Chatham and Phenix announced it had purchased New York County National Bank, to become a twelfth branch of the larger company.<ref name=co-merger>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =November 8, 1921| title =Chatham & Phenix Completes Merger; Buys Control in New York County National, to Be Made a Twelfth Branch. Expansion Policy is Old - Larger Institution Has Increased Its Trade Centres Ever Since Middle of Last Century| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =37| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/11/08/archives/chatham-phenix-completes-merger-buys-control-in-new-york-county.html|access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref> At the time, Chatham and Phenix had deposits of around $163,000,000.<ref name=co-merger/> As of March 9, 1921, Chatham and Phenix National was one of four national banks in New York City operating branch offices, also including the [[Mechanics and Metals National]], the [[Irving National]], and [[National City Bank of New York|National City Bank]].<ref name=citybank>{{Cite news|author=Staff | date =March 9, 1921| title= National City Bank Buys a State Bank| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =24| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1921/03/09/archives/national-city-bank-buys-a-state-bank-negotiations-about-completed.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref> Chatham and Phenix National Bank was one of 12 to support the [[Woodrow Wilson Foundation]] in January 1922, by accepting donations to establish an annual prize for "meritorious public service."<ref name=woodrow>{{Cite news|author=Staff | date =January 30, 1922| title=Banks Will Accept Wilson Fund Gifts| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=18| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/01/30/archives/banks-will-accept-wilson-fund-gifts-twelve-institutions-here-to.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref> As of March 10, 1922, deposits at the bank were $145,104,322, up from December 31, 1921 deposits of $141,741,371. In March total resources were placed at $176,614,626.<ref name=profits-grow>{{Cite news|author=Staff | date =March 21, 1922| title =Chatham and Phenix Deposits Grow| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =36| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1922/03/21/archives/chatham-and-phenix-deposits-grow.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref>
===1925-1931: Addition of Trust Co. of New York===
Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company of New York was organized in 1925 with resources of around $300,000,000 after it merged with [[Metropolitan Trust Company]] of New York, which had been founded in 1881.<ref>{{cite news |title=CHATHAM & PHENIX IN BIG BANK MERGER; Consolidation With Metropolitan Trust to Make It One of Ten Largest Here. NEW NAME IS SIGNIFICANT National Institution Is Allowed to Retain "Trust Company" for the First Time. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/01/09/archives/chatham-phenix-in-big-bank-merger-consolidation-with-metropolitan.html |access-date=26 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 January 1925}}</ref><ref name="1925Approval">{{cite news |title=BANK MERGER APPROVED.; Metropolitan Trust Stockholders Vote to Join Chatham & Phenix. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/01/30/archives/bank-merger-approved-metropolitan-trust-stockholders-vote-to-join.html |access-date=26 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 January 1925}}</ref> At the time of its formation, it was one of the ten largest banks in the United States.<ref name=kaufman-dies/>
On June 15, 1928, financier Louis L. Horch arranged for the American Bond and Mortgage Company to underwrite a bond of $1,925,000 to cover costs of the [[Master Apartments]]. The bonds were 6% Guaranteed Sinking Fund Gold Bond Certificates held under a trust mortgage with the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company.<ref name="eveningpostloan1928">{{cite news  |date= July 14, 1928|title= $1,925,000 Loan on Art Skyscraper; American Bond and Mortgage Company Finances Roerich Museum on Riverside Drive |author=Staff  |newspaper= [[New York Evening Post]] |page=12 }}</ref><ref name="tombstone">{{cite news |author= unknown|date= July 18, 1928|title= New Issue; $1,925,000; Riverside Drive & 103d St. Bldg. (tombstone ad)| newspaper= [[Buffalo Courier Express]] |page=13 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The tombstone ad for the issue said it consisted of a 6% first mortgage of 12-year sinking fund bond certificates denoted "Series A." They were dated June 15, 1928, and were to mature on June 15, 1940. The certificates were secured by a first mortgage of $2,075,000 of which $150,000 was designated as Series "B" and was subordinate to the bond issue. The corporate trustee was Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Co.<ref name="tombstone" />|group=note}} In 1929, Kaufman was made chairman of the Chatham Phenix Allied Corporation, an "investment concern of $50,000,000 capital."<ref name=kaufman-dies/>
===1932: Merger with Manufacturers Trust===
[[File:SingerBuilding crop.jpg|thumb|right|200px|By 1921, Chatham and Phenix National Bank had its main office in the now-demolished [[Singer Building]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref name=co-merger/>]]
In 1932, the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company merged with the [[Manufacturers Trust]],<ref name=kaufman-dies/><ref name=oldest-bank/> which had been formed in Brooklyn in 1914.<ref name=oldest-bank/> Kaufman became chairman of the executive committee of the new organization, resigning the same year.<ref name=kaufman-dies/> By the time Kaufman retired in 1932, the bank had increased 50-fold in size from its formation in 1911.<ref name= "mining">{{cite news |title= Dinner with Kaufmans Part of Museum Auction |first= Rachel |last= Crary |newspaper= [[The Mining Journal (trade magazine)|The Mining Journal]] |location= Marquette, Minnesota |date= October 24, 2007 |url= http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/500492.html?nav=5001}}</ref> On March 21, 1934, Chatham-Phenix National Bank served as a trustee in the receivership of the American Fuel and Power Company.<ref name=receiver>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date=March 22, 1934| title =Receiver for Power Company| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=35| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/03/22/archives/receiver-for-power-company.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref> In May 1935, an employee won a judgement against the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company and the Chatham Phenix Corporation, after a stock sales offer Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company made in August 1929 to its employees was deemed "sales talk."<ref name=lawsuit-salestalk>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =May 25, 1935| title =Bank's Stock Sale to Employee Voided; Court Holds Offer by the Chatham Phenix Was a 'Sales Talk,' Not Contract| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =21| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/05/25/archives/banks-stock-sale-to-employe-voided-court-holds-offer-by-the-chatham.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref>
In 1961, the [[Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company]] was formed through the merger of Manufacturers Trust and [[Hanover Bank]].<ref name=manny/> ''The New York Times'' wrote that "Manufacturers Trust had its beginnings in the Chatham Phenix National Bank and Trust Company... and the Manufacturers Trust Company, which was founded in Brooklyn in 1853 as the Manufacturers National Bank."<ref name=manny>{{Cite news| date =July 16, 1991| last=Hylton| first = Richard D.| title=The Bank Merger; 'Manny Hanny': A Name for History Books| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/16/business/the-bank-merger-manny-hanny-a-name-for-history-books.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref>
==Directors==
As of early 1915, directors included [[Louis G. Kaufman]], [[P. S. du Pont]], [[August Belmont Jr.]], [[Edward Shearson]], [[Edward E. Loomis]], [[Elbert Henry Gary|Elbert H. Garry]], [[Frederick D. Underwood]], [[John Ringling]], and [[Daniel J. Carroll]]. The others at the time included Harden L. Crawford, Desmond Dunne, Ellis P. Earle, O. G. Fessenden,  John H. Hansen, Horace E. Andrews, Frank J. Heaney, Parmely W. Herrick, Richard H. Higgins, H. Stuart Hotchkiss,  William A. Law, Frank R. Lawrence, Waldo H. Marshall, Henry F. Shoemaker, Charles A. Starbuck, Sanford H. Steele, Albert A. Tilney, John D. Vermeule, and Samuel Weil.<ref name=lay-plans/>
==Buildings and branch locations==
The original Chatham and Phenix building was at [[Corbin Building|192 Broadway]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{Citation |year= 1913|title=Fire and Water Engineering, Volume 53 |publisher=[[University of California]] |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ao-AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Chatham+and+Phenix+Building%22&pg=PA266 |access-date=February 19, 2017 }}</ref> By 1916, the Chatham and Phenix National Bank had been headquartered at Broadway and John Street for close to fifty years. At the end of December 1916, the bank moved into the [[Singer Building]], a floor-space increase of {{convert|20,000|to|26,000|ft2|m2}}.<ref name=move-phenix>{{Cite news|author=Staff | date =December 23, 1916| title=Big Bank Will Move; The Chatham and Phenix to Take Quarters in the Singer Building| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=12| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/12/23/archives/big-bank-will-move-the-chatham-and-phenix-to-take-quarters-in-the.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref> The final move was made on December 30, 1916, out of the John Street building for several hundred employees and officers and into what the ''Times'' described as "one of the largest and finest banking rooms in the city," fitted at a cost of $300,000<ref name=final-move>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =December 30, 1916| title=Chatham and Phenix Bank Moves| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=14| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/12/30/archives/11500000-steel-deal-new-york-and-philadelphia-bankers-buy-superior.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref> into what the ''Times'' described as "offices with the most modern equipment."<ref name=move-phenix/>
By the end of 1916, the bank was "the only national branch which operates local branches, of which it has twelve," reported the ''Times''.<ref name=move-phenix/> In 1917, the theater at 205 East [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th Street]] in Manhattan was remodeled by Chatham and Phenix National Bank and joined to the [[Third Avenue]] building. Finished in 1918, the new bank was designed by architects [[Mowbray & Uffinger]], bank specialists who had also designed the 1908 [[Dime Savings Bank of New York|Dime Savings Bank]] building. The building was turned back into a theater in 1933, after Chatham and Phenix Bank was acquired by the Manufacturers Trust Company the year prior.<ref name=streetscapes>{{Cite news|author=Gray, Christopher|author-link=Christopher Gray (architectural historian)| date =February 8, 2004| title =Streetscapes: The Sutton, 57th Street Near Third Avenue; Movie Theater's Facade Undergoes a Drastic Change| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/realestate/streetscapes-sutton-57th-street-near-third-avenue-movie-theater-s-facade.html| access-date =February 18, 2017 }}</ref> In November 1919, the bank signed a lease for the store and part of the basement at 434-438 Broadway, with the lease running until October 31, 1940.<ref name=leases-commercial/> In April 1920, it was reported that the Bowery branch of the bank would move to a new $500,000 location at [[Bowery]] and [[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand Street]]."<ref name=bowery-branch>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =April 13, 1920| title=New Bank Branch; Chatham and Phenix National Adds to Bowery Plot| newspaper =[[The New York Times]]| page=23| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/04/13/archives/new-bank-branch-chatham-and-phenix-national-adds-to-bowery-plot.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref> In August 1921, the ''Times'' reported that Chatham and Phenix National Bank would pay "approximately $1,000,000 in rentals during the next forty-two years" for the corner store ad part of the basement of a new building at the "southwest corner of [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] and [[39th Street (Manhattan)|Thirty-ninth Street]]."<ref name=leases-commercial>{{Cite news|author=Staff| date =August 4, 1921| title=Commercial Leases; Phenix National Bank in $1,000,000 Seventh Avenue Rental| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| page=30| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/08/04/archives/commercial-leases-phenix-national-bank-in-1000000-seventh-avenue.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref>
The Chatham and Phenix Building was located at 67 West [[125th Street (Manhattan)|125th Street]]. As of February 1922, the building was being used as well for meetings by organizations such as the [[Harlem]] Property Owners' Association.<ref name=building-locale>{{Cite news|author=Staff | date =February 16, 1922| title=Realty Notes| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page=30| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/02/16/archives/realty-notes.html| access-date =February 18, 2017}}</ref> As of 1965, the Chatham-Phenix Building at 29-28 41 Avenue in [[Long Island City]] remained open to tenants.<ref name=ch-building>{{Cite news|author=Staff | date =October 13, 1965| title =Real Estate Notes| newspaper  =[[The New York Times]]| page =74| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1965/10/13/archives/real-estate-notes.html| access-date =February 16, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|New York City|Companies}}
*[[List of banks]]
*[[List of bank mergers in the United States]]
*[[Banking in the United States]]
*[[Economy of New York City]]
*[[List of banks in the Americas]]
*[[List of New York companies]]
==References==
'''Informational notes'''
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==External links==
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