Workingmen’s Cooperative Bank
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The Workingmen's Cooperative Bank was formed by Robert Treat Paine in 1880 to further his housing reform goals by providing capital to build homes for Boston's working class. The Workingmen's Building Association and Workingmen's Loan Association were closely allied organizations of the bank.
To celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1980, the bank commissioned Ellen Lanyon to create a painting of important women from Boston's history. The painting is titled Nine Notable Women and features portraits of Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), Sister Ann Alexis (1805-1875), Lucy Stone (1818-1893), Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), Ellen Richards (1842-1911), Mary Morton Kehew (1859-1918), Anne Sullivan (1866-1936) with Hellen Keller, and Melnea Cass (1896-1978). The painting is currently on loan from Simmons College and hangs in the lobby of the Boston Public Library's Johnson Building.
The bank continued until 1992 when it failed and its accounts were taken on by The First National Bank of Boston (Bank of Boston). (Bank of Boston merged with BayBank in 1996 to form BankBoston, which was acquired by Fleet Bank in 1999. FleetBoston was bought out by Bank of America in 2005.)
Officers in 1891
Officers elected in 1891, at the 11th annual meeting:
- President: Robert Treat Paine
- Vice president: George W. Pope
- Treasurer: Frank E. Burbank
- Directors: A.P. Bean, W.H. Bradford, John cooper, John Denton, C.w> Dexter, William H. Ford, J. Fagan William A. Low, J.D. McLellan, William Walden., G.N. Miller, M.S. Miller, Joseph B. Eagle. H.A. Root. George S. Nowell, T.J. Southwell
- Auditors: John Howson, A.T. Baker, George S. Phippen
Sources
- "Local Lines", Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922); Jun 13, 1891; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Boston Globe (1872-1923), pg. 5
- Boston Public Library, lobby installation of Nine Notable Women at the Johnson Building, 700 Boylston Street, Boston (May 2007).
