American Trust & Savings Bank

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The American Trust & Savings Bank was a bank which opened on April 1, 1903 with $100,000 in capital funds. It was headed by George McCormack with Henry Badham Sr as vice-president and H. B. Urquhart as cashier.

The bank merged with the Alabama National Bank shortly before McCormack stepped down. He was succeeded by W. W. Crawford as president. Urquhart was succeeded as cashier by C. M. Williamson.

It merged with Traders National Bank to form the American-Traders National Bank and opened branch offices in Leeds, North Birmingham, Woodlawn, Fairfield, Ensley and Tarrant. It also constructed the American Trust Building on the southeast corner of 1st Avenue North and 20th Street, briefly the city's tallest skyscraper, as its headquarters.

The bank was acquired by the First National Bank of Birmingham in 1930 during the Great Depression. The combination took over the American Trust building.

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