Gardiner Savings

Originally chartered on June 18, 1834, as a mutual savings institution, Gardiner Savings Institution was officially organized on June 26, 1834. Founder Robert Hallowell Gardiner allowed his office on Water Street to become the bank's first location.

In those days, Gardiner was a bustling port where sailboats and steamboats like the “Kennebec,” which previously served as the bank’s logo, delivered their cargo for distribution to residents and businesses in the central region of the state.