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What happened to Evergreen Federal Savings Bank?
Evergreen Federal Savings Bank in Charleston, WV (earlier called First Federal Savings and Loan Association) failed, and Evergreen Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston, WV took it over on Sep 13, 1991. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Evergreen Federal Savings Bank is today part of City National Bank of West Virginia (Charleston, 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.
- 1928First Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Charleston, WV
- Feb 28, 1987renamed Evergreen Federal Savings Bank
- Sep 13, 1991FAILEDEvergreen Federal Savings Bank failed, and Evergreen Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston, WV took it over.FDIC certificate 28177 ends; its business continues under certificate 33498.
- Sep 17, 1993RESOLVEDEvergreen Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston, WV was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The Merchants National Bank of Montgomery of Montgomery, WV.FDIC certificate 33498 ends; its business continues under certificate 6778.
- Dec 22, 1997MERGEDThe Merchants National Bank of Montgomery of Montgomery, WV merged into The City National Bank of Charleston of Charleston, WV.FDIC certificate 6778 ends; its business continues under certificate 17735.
- TodayOPEN
City National Bank of West VirginiaMain office Charleston, WV · FDIC certificate 17735 · 95 offices in 4 states on June 30, 2026Every City National Bank of West Virginia office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankatcity.com
If you still have something from Evergreen Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Evergreen Federal Savings Bank failed on Sep 13, 1991, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask City National Bank of West Virginia as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Evergreen Federal Savings and Loan Association). Start with City National Bank of West Virginia, and ask them to search under the name Evergreen Federal Savings Bank.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask City National Bank of West Virginia. A box abandoned for years may have been 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.
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 ▾
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 28177 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.