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What happened to The Bank of Maine?
The Bank of Maine in Portland, ME (earlier called Gardiner Savings Institution and 2 other names) merged into The Camden National Bank of Camden, ME on Oct 16, 2015. The Camden National Bank is open today.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1834Gardiner Savings Institution opens in Portland, ME
- Mar 1, 1986renamed Gardiner Savings Institution, FSB
- Sep 19, 2007renamed Savings Bank of Maine
- May 17, 2011renamed The Bank of Maine
- Oct 16, 2015MERGEDThe Bank of Maine merged into The Camden National Bank of Camden, ME.FDIC certificate 19686 ends; its business continues under certificate 4255.
- TodayOPEN
The Camden National BankMain office Camden, ME · FDIC certificate 4255 · 72 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every The Camden National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.camdennational.bank
If you still have something from The Bank of Maine
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Bank of Maine as lienholder, start with The Camden National Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask The Camden National Bank to search for the account under the name The Bank of Maine. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask The Camden National Bank which branch now holds boxes from the The Bank of Maine office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
41 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 25 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 220 Middle St, Ste 201Portland, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 6 Penobscot Valley AveLincoln, ME | OpenMachias Savings Bank |
| 190 Water StGardiner, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 142 Bennett DrCaribou, ME | OpenMachias Savings Bank |
| 36 Portland RoadKennebunk, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 640 Main StSaco, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 9 Dyer StPresque Isle, ME | OpenMachias Savings Bank |
| 66 Eastern AveAugusta, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 659 Route 1York, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 258 Kennedy Memorial DrWaterville, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 7 Chandler DrBath, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 111 Main StRichmond, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 137 Maine StBrunswick, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 51 Main StOakland, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 16 Topsham Fair Mall RdTopsham, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 52 Bath RdWiscasset, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 6 Gurnet RdBrunswick, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 18 Main StWinthrop, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 240 Us Route 1Falmouth, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 9 Pond RdManchester, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 14 Winthrop StHallowell, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 189 Townsend AveBoothbay Harbor, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 268 Water StRandolph, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 344 Main StCalais, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 6 M And M PlMachias, ME | OpenThe Camden National Bank |
| 96 State StreetAugusta, ME | No longer reported |
| 4 Universitiy DriveAugusta, ME | No longer reported |
| 190 Water StreetGardiner, ME | No longer reported |
| 1 Huntington DriveKennebunk, ME | No longer reported |
| 13 Winthrop AvenueReadfield, ME | No longer reported |
| 325 Main StreetWaterville, ME | No longer reported |
| 67 Main StreetNewcastle, ME | No longer reported |
| 79 West Main StreetFort Kent, ME | No longer reported |
| 76 North StreetHoulton, ME | No longer reported |
| 8 Lincoln StMars Hill, ME | No longer reported |
| 104 Main StreetWaterville, ME | No longer reported |
| Hannaford Shopping Ctr Dublin StMachias, ME | No longer reported |
| 22 Western AvenueAugusta, ME | No longer reported |
| 22 Western AvenueAugusta, ME | No longer reported |
| 14 Winthrop StHallowell, ME | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Bank of Maine
5 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Rivergreen BankKennebunk, ME | Sep 20, 2008 |
| Calais Federal Savings and Loan AssociationCalais, ME | May 18, 2007 |
| First Citizens BankPresque Isle, ME | Jan 19, 2007 |
| Augusta Federal Savings BankAugusta, ME | May 18, 2001 |
| Hallowell Savings and Loan AssociationHallowell, ME | Dec 31, 1978 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 19686 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.