Nodaway Valley Bank

Nodaway Valley Bank is located on 304 N. Main St. in Maryville, MO. It was first established in 1868 by George S. Baker and Company, Bankers and was known as the Banking House. It wasn’t until it was sold to Theodore L. Robinson and J. C. Waterman in 1873 did it become known as Nodaway Valley Bank. Located still on Third and Main Street this bank has played a pivotal role in banking in Maryville since it was first established and continues to play a role today. 

Nodaway Valley Bank was first named the Banking House by its first owner George S. Baker. It didn’t get its current name until Baker sold it to Theodore L. Robinson and J. C. Waterman in 1873. By 1890 the bank had outgrown its original location and was relocated to where it is now. Having an entrance facing Third Street and another door facing Main Street. This spot once held a hardware store in 1886, as seen in the Sanborn map. The bank operated as a private bank up until April 7^th, 1894, when it became a charter bank, making it the 5^th oldest charter bank in Missouri.

Once Theodore L. Robinson, bank's owner and president, passed away, it was passed down in the family through generations. First to James B. Robinson then James and Frederick P. Robinson in 1932 and so on. The bank during World War 1 became very active, dealing with war bonds known as Liberty Loan Bonds and Victory Notes. Many people became new customers during this time, and the bank had to increase its lobby space by 1933. Business only increased from there, outgrowing its 70-year-old building and needing to create a parking lot on 2^nd and Buchanan Street. That parking lot is still there today, near two columns from Carnegie Library and an eight-ton boulder that was placed there in 1921. Then they started remodeling, while work was happening in 1965, they opened a stand-alone motor bank in the parking lot on 2^nd and Buchanan. The new building was introduced to the public in 1966. Another remodeling occurred in 2000, during which there was a fire, but no damage was made. The remodeled building from 2000 is the one that stands there today.

Nodaway Valley Bank have been in banking for 150 years and throughout this time has had made historic changes and adaptions in banking. For example, they were the first bank in the county to install a posting machine in 1917. They were also one of the first banks in the area in 1938 to use Eastman Kodak Recordak to photographically record every check that passed through the bank. Then in 1960 they adopted electronic check coding. Nodaway Valley Bank also opened two new facilities in Hopkins, Missouri (now closed) and Savannah, Andrew County in 1990. They also have a location in St. Joseph, Missouri, which was built in 1995. It is the main headquarters that still operates in Maryville today.

Lewis, David. Safety & Dependability The First 150 Years of Nodaway Valley Back 1868-2018 Nodaway Valley Bank. 2017. https://www.nvb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NVB_150_Years-_Book_WEB.pdf

1886 Sanborn Map: Maryville, MO, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A142612