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M&T Bank company history timeline

1856

M&T Bank was founded on January 1, 1856 and has been serving the financial needs of their customers for over 165 years.

1856 - Office space leased at 2 E. Swan St for $100 per month.

1856 - Buffalo's ten grain elevators handled 19.7 million bushels of grain, making it the world's largest grain port.

1864

They sold the hotel and St James Hill for $112.500 on March 24, 1864 to the Young Men's Association.

1887

From the very beginning of Buffalo, Main Street, from North Division to Eagle has been called "Men's Row." More men pass along that block than in any other in the city. It was ready for guests on February 20, 1887, and was destroyed by fire, along with St James Hall on March 18, 1887, with a loss of 22 lives.

1887 Richmond Hotel fire.

1891

James Cary Evans / King and Eisele Jewelry: The home of James Cary Evans at the northwest corner of Washington and North Division was replaced in 1891 by the wholesale jewelry building of King and Eisele.

1899

Three floors were added to the Hotel Iroquois in 1899.

1913

1913 - Previous to the merger with Fidelity Trust Bank, M&T built a new bank at Main and Swan streets which occupied the entire historic Townsend and Coit site.

1927

1927 – acquired Peoples Bank of Buffalo.

1928

1928 – moved across Swan Street [284 Main St] after it merged with Fidelity Trust Company.

1959

Sold building to Federal Reserve Bank who maintained offices here until 1959 when it built new building on Delaware and Huron.

2011

In May 2011, M&T acquired Wilmington Trust, which is currently a provider of international corporate and institutional services, investment management, and private banking.

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