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Bank
History
The Bank of Fairport was originally
located in the west room of J.B. Robinson's
store on the north side of the street in
Fairport. Eventually, the bank purchased a
lot across the street and North of the hotel
from Ed Daniels and a new building was
erected on this site in 1914. This building
burned in 1936 forcing the bank to be moved
back to the Robinson building while another
building was erected on the remaining
foundation. This building underwent
extensive remodeling in 1971 with the
addition a new board room and vault with
safety deposit boxes. In 1980 the second
addition was built on the north side of the
existing facility. This included an office
for the Cashier, larger board room, and a
computer room. This addition was then
remodeled in 1992 to provide an additional
office and a kitchenette.
On December 31, 1992 The Bank of Fairport
purchased the former Mercantile bank
building located at 401 West Main in
Maysville, Missouri. This building was
erected in 1983 by the Lawhon Construction
Company and operated by The First Bank of
DeKalb County - Stewartsville until 1988,
when they merged with The Belt American
Bank. Belt American then merged with
American National in 1990 and was
consequently bought out by Mercantile in
1992. The Bank of Fairport opened for
business on January 11, 1993 at the
Maysville location.
In 1993 The Bank of Fairport purchased
the property immediately to the north of the
main bank in Fairport from the Perry heirs.
The Britz Excavating Company was then
employed to remove the existing dwelling and
make the lot into a parking area for the
bank. In October of 1994, this area was
paved with concrete by the Roger Gaiser
construction company to be used as a
drive-through for the drive-up window
constructed on the north side of the
building by the Bert D. Sherard Construction
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