Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details 7) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Number of loans	1	2	11	10
Troubled debt restructings	$ 4,815	$ 590	$ 13,558	$ 12,531
Specific allowance	2,770	93	2,770	93
Restructured and subsequently defaulted			237	4,998
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings		590	3,307	1,955
Specific allowance	870	49	870	49
Restructured and subsequently defaulted			237
Income Producing Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings	4,815		9,908	5,140
Specific allowance	$ 1,900	$ 44	1,900	44
Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings			$ 343	438
Construction Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial and Residential Loan [Member]
Troubled debt restructings				4,998
Restructured and subsequently defaulted				$ 4,998
Performing Financial Instruments [Member]
Number of loans	1	2	9	8
Troubled debt restructings	$ 4,815	$ 590	$ 12,672	$ 7,329
Performing Financial Instruments [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings		$ 590	3,117	1,751
Performing Financial Instruments [Member] \| Income Producing Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings	$ 4,815		9,212	5,140
Performing Financial Instruments [Member] \| Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings			$ 343	$ 438
Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member]
Number of loans			2	2
Troubled debt restructings			$ 886	$ 5,202
Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings			190	204
Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Income Producing Portfolio Segment [Member]
Troubled debt restructings			$ 696
Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Construction Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial and Residential Loan [Member]
Troubled debt restructings				$ 4,998

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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