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What happened to Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank?
Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank in Dresher, PA (earlier called Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association) failed, and Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Association of Dresher, PA took it over on Sep 19, 1991. After 4 more changes of hands, what was Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank is today part of KeyBank National Association (Cleveland, OH).
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.
- 1906Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in Dresher, PA
- Dec 31, 1986renamed Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank
- Sep 19, 1991FAILEDAbraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank failed, and Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Association of Dresher, PA took it over.FDIC certificate 28889 ends; its business continues under certificate 33504.
- Mar 25, 1994RESOLVEDAbraham Lincoln Federal Savings Association of Dresher, PA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Willow Grove Federal Savings and Loan Association of Wayne, PA.FDIC certificate 33504 ends; its business continues under certificate 30089.
- Dec 6, 2008MERGEDWillow Grove Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed Willow Financial Bank) of Wayne, PA merged into The Harleysville National Bank and Trust Company of Harleysville, PA.FDIC certificate 30089 ends; its business continues under certificate 7516.
- Apr 9, 2010MERGEDThe Harleysville National Bank and Trust Company of Harleysville, PA merged into First Niagara Bank, National Association of Buffalo, NY.FDIC certificate 7516 ends; its business continues under certificate 16004.
- Oct 8, 2016MERGEDFirst Niagara Bank, National Association of Buffalo, NY merged into KeyBank National Association of Cleveland, OH.FDIC certificate 16004 ends; its business continues under certificate 17534.
- TodayOPEN
KeyBank National AssociationMain office Cleveland, OH · FDIC certificate 17534 · 951 offices in 16 states on June 30, 2026Every KeyBank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.key.com
If you still have something from Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Bank failed on Sep 19, 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 KeyBank National Association 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, Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings Association). Start with KeyBank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Abraham Lincoln 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 KeyBank National Association. 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 28889 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.