1800 - 1899
- September 16, 1893 - Fifteen men gathered for the first time to form a savings and loan association for the people of Topeka.
- Founders included bankers, insurance agents, attorneys, railroad employees, the president of a dry goods store, the Topeka City School Superintendent and a physician.
- December 16, 1893 - Savings and Loan Association of Topeka official charter filed with State of Kansas.
- First office above Rock Island Railroad ticket office at 6th and Kansas in Topeka.
- After one year of operation, Association assets totaled $8,171.
- July, 1899 - Because of a new Kansas state law establishing regulation of savings institutions, Association changed its named to the Capitol Building and Loan Association. Assets totaled $229,536.
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