Baker Boyer Bank Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Legendary Locals of Walla Walla. Diane B. . Reed. 2014 . 26–27. Charleston, South Carolina. 9781439645260.
  2. News: Smoke investigation downtown closes road, shuts down power . May 8, 2018 . My Columbia Basin.
  3. Web site: Walla Walla County – Thumbnail History . Paula . Becker . March 31, 2006 . HistoryLink.org Essay 7679 .
  4. Book: Walking Washington's History: Ten Cities . Judy . Bentley. 5 April 2016 . University of Washington Press. 9780295806679 .
  5. News: Baker Boyer Bank leader Megan Clubb to retire. Vicki . Hillhouse . September 15, 2015 . Walla Walla Union Bulletin.
  6. News: Baker Boyer to shutter Weston branch. Vicki . Hillhouse . Walla Walla Union Bulletin . July 23, 2010.
  7. Web site: MacIntosh . Heather M. . Beezer Brothers Architecture . historylink.org . December 6, 2022 . October 28, 1998.
  8. 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.