Eastern Savings Bank

The story of Eastern Savings Bank is a story of success. The Bank, then named Eastern Building and Loan Society of Baltimore City, was set up in 1905 as a Maryland state chartered mutual building and loan association. By the mid-1900s, Eastern Building and Loan was only one of over 200 tiny savings and loan associations in the Baltimore area and was open just a several hours every Monday night to cater to its clients limited financial requirements. Throughout the years, Eastern Building and Loan maintained its neighborhood savings and loan image by catering to a client base consisting primarily of local residents.