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C.E. HOUSEL HOME

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Event
Location
27 N Lake Ave, Bergen, NY 14416, USA
Lat/Long
43.08593, -77.94233
Grant Recipient
Bergen Historical Society
Historic Marker

C.E. HOUSEL HOME

Inscription

C.E. HOUSEL HOME
W.S. & C.E. HOUSEL PRIVATE BANK
CLOSED ABRUPTLY MARCH 1929.
DEPOSITORS LOST NEARLY ALL
THEIR FUNDS. C.E. HOUSEL
FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015

Charles E. Housel and Willis S. Housel founded a private bank in 1896, but abruptly closed it in March 1929. Willis Housel died in December 1929. Charles Housel was found guilty of fraud in 1930.