In 1881, Henry Ley, Sr. and his family moved from, Jordan, Minnesota to Wayne, Nebraska. In 1892, Henry applied for a bank charter. The charter was approved for The State Bank of Wayne. The bank opened for business on the southwest corner of Second and Main Streets and operated at the same location until January 2, 1986, when the bank building was completely destroyed by fire.
Although the fire had a devastation effect on the physical premises of the bank, the event created a strong employee and community bond. The morning after the 1:00 am fire found business “almost as usual” at the drive-in facility which was constructed in 1974. In November of 2006 the bank moved back into a facility at the Second and Main location, designed by architect Roy Ley, great-great-grandson of Henry Ley, Sr.
In 2010, Matthew Ley, the great-great-grandson of Henry Ley, joined the bank as its CEO, making it a fifth-generation bank.
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