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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 the
Fall of 2002, the bank received a
petition from the Osborn community with
290 signatures, supporting the request
for a bank in Osborn. On April 14,
2003, the Board of Directors of The Bank
of Fairport approved a resolution to
submit an application to establish a
branch in Osborn. Approval for this
branch was granted by the FDIC on June
3, 2003 and the bank started the process
of acquiring land from the city of
Osborn and the Lincoln/Anderson American
Legion Post #169. Construction of a new
branch facility was completed in the
Fall of 2004. The Osborn branch of The
Bank of Fairport was opened as a full
service facility on October 25, 2004.
In
November of 2004, The Bank of Fairport
was presented with an opportunity to
purchase the Clarksdale facility from
UMB Bank. On August 12, 2005, the
Missouri Division of Finance granted
permission to The Bank of Fairport to
establish a full service branch at 202
North Main Street in Clarksdale,
Missouri. This branch facility opened
for business on September 23, 2005.
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