Data / Bank failures / 1985 / Fidelity S&L
Fidelity S&L, Martins Ferry, OH: received FDIC assistance January 1, 1985
Fidelity S&L in Martins Ferry, Ohio, received open bank assistance from the FDIC on January 1, 1985. It held $72.5 million in assets and $72.5 million in deposits at its last report. By assets it was the 56th largest of 180 banks closed or assisted in 1985.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- January 1, 1985
- Type
- Open bank assistance
- How it was resolved
- Open bank assistance: the FDIC assisted the bank without closing it
- Acquirer
- Household Bank FSB, Westminster, CA
- Total assets
- $72,544,000
- Total deposits
- $72,528,000
- Charter
- Savings and loan association
- Insurance fund
- FSLIC
- FDIC certificate
- 30066
Other bank failures in Ohio, 1983 to 1987
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community FS&LA (assistance) | Hamilton | December 29, 1987 | $405.6 million | $379 million | $21.3 million | Union Federal Savings Bank |
| Hamilton County State Bank | Lockland | June 12, 1987 | $13.8 million | $11.5 million | Provident Bank | |
| Dollar Savings Bank (assistance) | Columbus | August 29, 1986 | $334.3 million | $314.7 million | $33.1 million | Transohio Savings Bank FSB |
| Citizens FS&LA (assistance) | Cleveland | August 29, 1986 | $434.8 million | $475.2 million | $82.7 million | Transohio Savings Bank, FSB |
| Major Federal S&LA | Cincinnati | July 25, 1986 | $25 million | $21.4 million | $8.8 million | Charter Oak FSB |
| Equitable FSB (assistance) | Lancaster | July 9, 1986 | $691.5 million | $645.7 million | $152.3 million | Citizens FS&LA |
| The State S&L Co. (assistance) | Euclid | June 27, 1986 | $381.7 million | $401.8 million | $176,067 | First Nationwide SVG FS&LA |
| Citizens Home Savings Company (assistance) | Lorain | June 27, 1986 | $156.1 million | $168.6 million | $137,933 | First Nationwide SVG FS&LA |
Other failed banks Household Bank FSB took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Century Sa (assistance) | Shawnee MSN | KS | June 26, 1985 | $91.8 million | $45 million | $16.2 million | Household Bank FSB |
| Brighton FS&LA (assistance) | Brighton | CO | May 1, 1985 | $91.4 million | $83.1 million | $22.3 million | Household Bank FSB |
| American Heritage Savings FA (assistance) | Bloomington | IL | August 28, 1984 | $277 million | $256.4 million | $42.9 million | Household Bank FSB |
| Fidelity FS&LA (assistance) | Baltimore | MD | August 28, 1984 | $137.8 million | $79.2 million | $23.7 million | Household Bank FSB |
| First Calumet City Savings (assistance) | Berwyn | IL | June 4, 1980 | $102.1 million | $82.4 million | $14.6 million | Household Bank FSB |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.