Year |
Event |
1887 |
Canandaigua Bank Office was opened. The first depositor listed was Ontario Orphan Asylum (known today as the Ontario County Children's Home, and is still a customer) of which Frank H. Hamlin, I was Treasurer. |
1887 |
Frank H. Hamlin was named the Bank's first President on October 22. |
1887 |
On December 1, the Bank opened for business with deposits equaling $35,515. |
1888 |
The first regular meeting of the stockholders was held. |
1900 |
Directors moved "that a telephone connection be put in the banking office." |
1915 |
Miss Elizabeth Bagley was hired as a secretary - the first woman employee.
|
1917 |
The Bank was open for business on Saturday evenings from 7-9pm and was later changed to Saturday afternoons.
|
1918 |
Miss Bernadine Farrell was hired as a bookkeeper - she remained with the bank for 48 years.
|
1919 |
The Bank applied for and received trust powers. |
1920 |
The Bank purchased its first posting machine. |
1926 |
George W. Hamlin was named President. |
1941 |
Main Office Branch (72 South Main Street, Canandaigua) was remodeled under Rochester architect Leon Stern's supervision. The exterior and interior appearance have remained similar in spite of several changes and expansions that occurred in the last 125 years. |
1942 |
The Board, was increased from 9-10 members adding/electing Arthur Hamlin. This was his first formal association to the Bank. |
1947 |
Arthur Hamlin was named President. |
1948 |
Arthur Hamlin's first decision, at the urgent request to the tellers, was to get rid of the handgun that had been kept under the tellers' counter for years to shoot armed robbers. Next was to go to a five-day week, eliminating Saturday hours, a trend that was common at the time.
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1957 |
Victor Bank Office was opened.
|
1963 |
Arthur Hamlin was appointed a Director of the Buffalo Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he served five years. |
1966 |
Eldred Sale was elected as a member of the Board and Frank H. Hamlin became Chairman.
|
1967 |
Holcomb/Honeoye Bank Office was opened.
|
1978 |
George W. Hamlin, IV joined the Bank as Vice President. |
1979 |
George W. Hamlin, IV became President of the Bank upon the retirement of Arthur Hamlin, who had served 31 years.
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1981 |
Lakeshore Bank Office was opened. |
1982 |
Farmington Bank Office was opened. |
1984 |
Tarry Croucher Shipley was the first woman Director of the Bank. |
1985 |
Lakeshore and Farmington had ATM machines installed at their branches. |
1989 |
Manchester-Shortsville Bank Office was opened. |
1989 |
Mendon Bank Office was opened. |
1989 |
Eastview Bank Office was opened. |
1994 |
Bloomfield Bank Office was opened. |
1995 |
Pittsford Bank Office was opened. |
1998 |
Webster BayTowne Bank Office was opened. |
1999 |
Greece Bank Office was opened.
|
2000 |
Irondequoit, Honeoye, Chili, Honeoye Falls, and Rochester Bank Offices was opened. |
2000 |
Basin Park Financial Center was opened. |
2002 |
Brighton Bank Office was opened. |
2004 |
Penfield Bank Office was opened. |
2006 |
Geneva Wealth Strategies Group Satellite Office was opened. |
2007 |
Henrietta Bank Office was opened. |
2009 |
Alex Park Bank Office was opened. |
2010 |
Webster Jackson-Ridge Bank Office was opened |
2011 |
Greece Latta & Long Pond Bank Office was opened. |
2011 |
Frank H. Hamlin, III was named President. |
2015 |
College Town Bank Office was opened. |
2020 |
Brockport Bank Office was opened. |
2021 |
Geneva Bank Office was opened. |