Several general mercantile businesses occupied this corner before the Muncy Banking Company organized and opened for business in 1893. Its name was officially changed to The Muncy Bank and Trust Company in 1962, and it remains a community owned bank. A historic photo of the bank was taken following the 1936 flood. Nearby, the Fort Brady Hotel began circa 1810 as a private residence in the rear portion of the property. Its next owner, Robert Risk, capitalized on the canal era by converting the property into a hotel, which he managed until 1860. The Risk family also built two substantial homes on North Main Street, No. 28 and No. 106. The Fort Brady was also known as the Franklin Hotel, the United States Hotel, the Crawford Hotel, and the New Crawford Hotel. In 1913, Frank Fahnestock bought the Opera House on East Water Street for his pool hall and movie house. Ten years later, his new theater, the Ritz, opened with its electric piano and a showing of "Queen of Sheba" to a sellout crowd. The theater showed its first talking vaudeville picture in April 1929.