Baker Boyer National Bank is a

Walla Walla, Washington Walla Walla ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,339 as of 2023. The combined populat ...

based

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. Founded in 1869, it is the first

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in what would become the State of Washington. It was the first Walla Walla bank to open a branch office. Current 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, a descendant of bank founder Dorsey S. Baker. In 2010, the bank closed its branch in Weston, Oregon. The bank building in Walla Walla, built , was designed by the Beezer Brothers architectural office in Seattle. 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.''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. ()

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Banks based in Washington (state) Banks established in 1869 Walla Walla, Washington 1869 establishments in Washington Territory Companies based in Walla Walla County, Washington {{US-bank-stub