Baker Boyer National Bank | |
Type: | Public (OTC BB: BBBK.OB), family owned and operated |
Predecessor: | Baker Boyer Bancorp |
Foundation: | Walla Walla, Washington, U.S. |
Founder: | Dr. D.S. Baker and John F. Boyer[1] |
Location City: | Walla Walla, Washington |
Location Country: | U.S. |
Locations: | 7 branches (2015) |
Area Served: | Southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon |
Key People: | Megan Clubb, Chair, and Mark Kajita, CEO |
Industry: | Financial services |
Services: | Banking Wealth management |
Num Employees: | 180 |
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]
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, 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]