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30 F&M Bank/East Troy Chamber of Commerce
2905 West Main Street
The bank was organized November 19, 1892, by several leading East Troy businessment: Henry Austin, John R. Chafin, W.T. Donaldson, Alexander and Frank Fraser, Perry O. Griste, Harold Rodgers, Charles and George Smith, Ed Rohleder, and W.C. Hatley. It opened for business on January 3, 1893, with eight depositors and total monies of $9,190.67. In 1911 a savings department was initiated and in 1933 a bank vault was installed. The bank first bought the old East Troy News building for expansion; then the grocery store, junkyard, and an old house. In 1965 they bought the drug store, barber shop, grocery store, and Graf Clothing Store, and put in the drive-up window. The West End of the present building once housed the Badger Butter Company. In the 1940's Dr. Roach had his dental office in the office above the bank.
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