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1. Early twentieth century · 1900–1944

2. August 20, 1913
   Founding or opening · West End Drug Store, Nash Street, West Hillsborough The Hillsboro Building and Loan Association is organized in the back of the West End Drug Store

   Six incorporators put up $5,500 to start the Hillsboro Building and Loan Association, with Charles H. Robertson as president and druggist C. M. Andrews as secretary-treasurer. Andrews took members' payments at his drug counter until 1926.

3. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

4. October 9, 1950
   Construction or physical change · 420 Calvin Street, Hillsborough The Hillsboro Building and Loan Association opens its first office building on Calvin Street

   After 37 years of meeting in stores and a depot office, the association held an open house for its own one-story Colonial-style brick office on Calvin Street in West Hillsboro, built with a fireproof vault.

5. June 1956
   Naming or commemoration · 420 Calvin Street, Hillsborough The Hillsboro Building and Loan Association becomes Hillsboro Savings and Loan Association

   On a vote of its stockholders, the association changed its name to Hillsboro Savings and Loan Association, announced alongside the largest dividend in its history.

6. August 19, 1960
   Construction or physical change · 112 North Churton Street, Hillsborough The Hillsboro Savings and Loan Association lays the cornerstone of its North Churton Street office

   Cornerstone ceremonies were set for the association's new office on the east side of North Churton Street, half a block north of the court square, under construction since early June. Charles C. Hartmann of Greensboro designed the one-story Colonial Revival building with a drive-in window.

7. April 15, 1961
   Founding or opening · 112 North Churton Street, Hillsborough The Hillsboro Savings and Loan Association opens its new downtown office

   The association held a public open house with prize drawings at its new office on North Churton Street, the building later known as the Hillsborough Savings Bank. Its 1950 office stayed open as a second location.

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