First Successful Banker | Cle Elum, WA

Mr. Frank Carpenter was the first successful banker in Cle Elum, Washington.

Carpenter took over the failing Kellogg Bank in Cle Elum on November 2, 1904.

In 1906, a two-story brick building was constructed on the corner of East First Street and Harris Avenue, the new home of Mr. Carpenter's Cle Elum State Bank.

In 1907, he opened the first branch bank in Washington State in Roslyn. Carpenter's bank prospered and grew from the start. He served as its President until his death in May, 1959. (ANOTHER STORY, A Collection of Stories About the Early History of the Upper Kittitas County in Washington State, published by Northern Kittitas County Historical Society, 2013, page 73.)

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(The Carpenter House, built by Frank Carpenter in 1914, has been preserved and donated to the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society. It serves as the Carpenter House Museum and is open to the public. Mr. Carpenter is shown at the right in this 1915 photo. Photos courtesy of the Northern Kittitas County Historical Society.)






           

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