Baker Boyer Bank
Baker Boyer National Bank is a Walla Walla, Washington based financial institution.[2] It opened in 1869, making it the first bank in what would become the State of Washington.[3][4]
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Type | Public (OTC BB: BBBK.OB), family owned and operated |
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Industry | Financial services |
Predecessor | Baker Boyer Bancorp |
Founded | Walla Walla, Washington, U.S. (November 10, 1869 ) |
Founder | Dr. D.S. Baker and John F. Boyer[1] |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 7 branches (2015) |
Area served | Southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon |
Key people | Megan Clubb, Chair, and Mark Kajita, CEO |
Services | Banking Wealth management |
Number of employees | 180 |
Website | www |
It was the first Walla Walla bank to open a branch office. Bank CEO Mark Kajita is the third non-family President and CEO of the organization and was preceded by Baker Boyer's Board Chairman, Megan Clubb,[5] a descendant of bank founder Dorsey S. Baker.
In 2010, the bank closed its branch in Weston, Oregon.[6]
The bank building in Walla Walla, built c. 1910, was designed by the Beezer Brothers architectural office in Seattle.[7] It is a seven-story office building with a colonnade of Ionic columns spanning the lower two floors at the front. This building was the first skyscraper in Walla Walla.[8]
References
- Reed, Diane B. (2014). Legendary Locals of Walla Walla. Charleston, South Carolina. pp. 26–27. ISBN 9781439645260.
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- Becker, Paula (March 31, 2006). "Walla Walla County – Thumbnail History". HistoryLink.org Essay 7679.
- Bentley, Judy (5 April 2016). Walking Washington's History: Ten Cities. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295806679.
- Hillhouse, Vicki (September 15, 2015). "Baker Boyer Bank leader Megan Clubb to retire". Walla Walla Union Bulletin.
- Hillhouse, Vicki (July 23, 2010). "Baker Boyer to shutter Weston branch". Walla Walla Union Bulletin.
- MacIntosh, Heather M. (October 28, 1998). "Beezer Brothers Architecture". historylink.org. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
- Baker-Boyer Bank Building. In: Jeffrey Karl Ochsner: Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects, Second Edition, 2017, 2. Neuauflage, S. 176. ISBN 978-0-295-80689-1. (Baker Boyer Bank, p. 176, at Google Books)