In 1889, Washington became the 42nd state in the Union and Baker Boyer received its national charter. This building, constructed in 1890 on the same corner as the original building, was Baker Boyer’s second home. Only two years earlier Walla Walla had used its first electric lights.

In June of 1908, the year this photo was taken of the Baker Boyer lobby, Theodore Roosevelt was serving his second term as President. He had visited Walla Walla in 1903. By 1906, a 12 mph speed limit was set for the community. The Keylor Grand Theatre presented "Ben Hur" in 1909.

Ruthford B. Hayes served as President of the United States from 1877 through 1881. This photo was taken on Walla Walla's Main Street as the town prepared for the visit of President Hayes. In the early 1870s, carpenters in Walla Walla earned an average of $4.00 per day. Board was $5.00 per week.

In 1910, the growth of both the community and the bank, prompted Baker Boyer to begin construction of what was to become Walla Walla's first skyscraper. During its earliest years the seven-story Baker Boyer Building stood as the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

The third building to house Baker Boyer Bank was completed in 1911. The main banking room was equipped with solid bronze counter screens and guard grills. The vaults and great circular manganese safes, cast in one piece, were in every sense modern for their time. Marble and wrought iron adorned portions of the lobby as well as the upper floors. Today the building is 92 years old and much of its original elegance and charm have been maintained through all its decades of service.

The lobby of the third Baker Boyer Bank building was only two years old when this photo was taken in March of 1913. Miles C. Moore, the last territorial Governor, was president of the bank, and W. H. Taft was President of the United States. Baker Boyer was 44 years old.

Two decades after the completion of this building, the nation and Walla Walla struggled under the tough economic conditions. Eventually President Roosevelt called a national bank holiday and all banks were forced to close until their records could be examined and their soundness proved. Baker Boyer opened immediately after the examination at 100% capacity, unlike many other area banks that didn't open for up to a year, had to open at a reduced capacity or were dissolved altogether.

In 1906, the Northwestern Gas & Electric Company, which held the town's electricity franchise, formed the Walla Walla Valley Traction Company. Northwestern had recently built an electric power dam on the South Fork of the Walla Walla River. The dam's excess electricity was to provide power for the new electric streetcar system, which was to replace Walla Walla's horse-drawn streetcar system. While the streetcars provided an essential service to the town and valley for many years, the subsequent rise of the use of private automobiles doomed the line to extinction and its city operation ceased in 1926. The photo shows one of Walla Walla's streetcars as seen through the windows of Baker Boyer Bank.