Early Bank with Fletch Nickerson

Here’s the National Bank building, constructed in 1903 with Port Deposit granite, where I got my first loan at 6% interest. You can see that the World War I memorial plaque had not been placed. The building would later become our Town Hall and is now a gift shop.

Here is popular banker, Fletch Nickerson, with his ever-present stogie. How many bankers today can enjoy that on-the-job pleasure? He made sure my father signed for me before he Okayed the loan.