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What happened to ESB Bank?
ESB Bank in Ellwood City, PA (earlier called Ellwood Federal Savings and Loan Association and 2 other names) merged into Wesbanco Bank, Inc. of Wheeling, WV on Feb 10, 2015. That bank is now called WesBanco Bank, Inc. (Wheeling, WV).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1915Ellwood Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Ellwood City, PA
- Feb 28, 1990renamed Ellwood Federal Savings Bank
- Mar 30, 1995renamed ESB Bank, F.S.B.
- Jan 23, 2004renamed ESB Bank
- Feb 10, 2015MERGEDESB Bank merged into Wesbanco Bank, Inc. of Wheeling, WV.FDIC certificate 27708 ends; its business continues under certificate 803.
- TodayOPEN
WesBanco Bank, Inc.Main office Wheeling, WV · FDIC certificate 803 · 217 offices in 8 states on June 30, 2026Every WesBanco Bank, Inc. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.wesbanco.com
If you still have something from ESB Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows ESB Bank as lienholder, start with WesBanco Bank, Inc.. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask WesBanco Bank, Inc. to search for the account under the name ESB Bank. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask WesBanco Bank, Inc. which branch now holds boxes from the ESB Bank office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
33 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 13 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2293 Brodhead RdAliquippa, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 600 Lawrence AveEllwood City, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 701 Corporation StBeaver, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 2656 Ellwood RdNew Castle, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 1427 7th AveBeaver Falls, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 1060 Freeport RdPittsburgh, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 3531 Brodhead RdMonaca, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 1793 Mercer RdEllwood City, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 2521 Darlington RdBeaver Falls, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 1706 Lowrie StPittsburgh, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 101 Wexford Bayne RdWexford, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 3360 Wilmington RdNew Castle, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 5035 Curry RdPittsburgh, PA | OpenWesBanco Bank, Inc. |
| 2630 Rochester RoadCranberry Township, PA | No longer reported |
| 831 Evans City RoadRenfrew, PA | No longer reported |
| 527 South Main StreetZelienople, PA | No longer reported |
| 506 Merchant StAmbridge, PA | No longer reported |
| 1555 Beaver RdBaden, PA | No longer reported |
| 800 Third AvenueNew Brighton, PA | No longer reported |
| 2301 Sheffield RoadAliquippa, PA | No longer reported |
| 807 Middle StreetPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 900 5th AveCoraopolis, PA | No longer reported |
| 1550 Beechview AvePittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 233 Second StreetDarlington, PA | No longer reported |
| Itin & Rhine StreetsPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 17 Northgate PlazaZelienople, PA | No longer reported |
| 849 Pittsburgh StreetSpringdale, PA | No longer reported |
| 1793 Mercer RoadEllwood City, PA | No longer reported |
| 1207 Brodhead RoadMonaca, PA | No longer reported |
| 3619 California AvenuePittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 807 Middle StreetPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| Itin and Rhine StreetPittsburgh, PA | No longer reported |
| 101 Wexford Bayne RoadWexford, PA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into ESB Bank
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 8 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Peoples Home Savings BankBeaver Falls, PA | Feb 11, 2005 |
| Workingmens Savings BankPittsburgh, PA | Oct 1, 2001 |
| Spring Hill Savings Bank, FSBPittsburgh, PA | May 5, 2000 |
| Troy Hill Federal Savings and Loan AssociationPittsburgh, PA | Jun 12, 1998 |
| Economy Savings AssociationAliquippa, PA | Mar 30, 1995 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 27708 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.