b'A CELEBRATION OF 170 YEARS: 18492019The year 2019 marked a milestone for Savings Bank ofThroughout the 20th century, the Bank continued to flourish, Danbury as we celebrated the 170th anniversary of ourconsistently adding services and product lines to meet the founding. Weve come a long way since July 14, 1889,banking needs of our valued customers. In the early 1970s when George W. Ives officially opened the Bank at histhe Bank opened the first of its eventual 15 branches. The home on Main Street where, in his absence, deposits year 1993 saw the Bank expanding with a 6,000-square-foot could be left with Mrs. Ives at their kitchen door.addition to its Main Street location. During the 1990s, SBD increased its lending footprint into Newtown, Southbury In 1852, at his own expense, Ives built a small building in theand New Milford and by 1995 had earned the position of top corner of the doorway of his home to house the thrivingresidential mortgage lender in Danbury. Savings Bank of Danbury. In the first 60 years of existence, the Bank had three locations, each adjacent to each other. The year 1999 saw the opening of the West Street Lending Center and one year later, at the turn of the 21st century, In 1907, the Bank purchased the site of the formeronline banking was introduced. In 2004, The Savings Bank Congregational Church and built a 12,600-square-foot of Danbury Foundation was established and in its first year facility, which remains a landmark of the Danbury awarded more than $51,000 in grants to local non-profit community to this day. agencies. Since its beginning, the Foundation has granted In honor of our 170th anniversary the Savings Bank ofover $2 million in total.Danbury donated $250,000 to underwrite phase III of theTime, technology and services may have advanced in the rehabilitation of the Charles Ives Home, an important piece170 years since we had a leave the deposits in the doorway of Danbury and the Banks history. policy, but from 1849 to present day one thing has never The Charles Ives Home, now owned by Danbury Museumchangeda genuine commitment to the customers and & Historical Society, is currently under rehabilitation.communities we proudly serve. The main section of that house dates back to 1780, asToday, with 15 locations throughout Connecticut, thethe Revolutionary War was ending, and it was listed onSavings Bank of Danbury remains the oldest continuously the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It wasoperating business in the City of Danbury. the original home of Savings Bank of Danbury and the Connecticut State Composer, Pulitzer Prize winner Throughout the past 170 years we have remained true toCharles Ives. our motto we are about people serving people and we have every intention of keeping that promise for the nextMany unique, original pieces of Danburys history will tell170 years and beyond.the story of Charles Ives and his family. Clothing, furniture, instruments, household items and art will detail what lifewas like in the later part of the 1800s and the early 1900sin Danbury. Plans for the Charles Ives Home include anartist in residence to make the exhibit a living entity. The home will be open to the public upon completion in thefall of 2020.'