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Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) contract	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) contract	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) borrower contract loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) contract loan	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Specific reserve allocations for TDR's	$ 1,500		$ 1,500		$ 439
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 7,800		$ 7,800		8,000
Number of Contracts \| contract	2	0	4	4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 227	$ 0	$ 563	$ 321
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	255	0	588	321
Acquisition & Development
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Loans defaulted under the restructured terms			$ 3,100
Number of loans to defaulted borrowers \| loan			3
Number of borrower defaulted \| borrower			2
Commercial Borrower One \| Acquisition & Development
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Loans defaulted under the restructured terms			$ 400
Number of borrower defaulted \| borrower			2
Commercial Borrower Two \| Acquisition & Development
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Loans defaulted under the restructured terms			$ 2,700
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial Real Estate
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructuring loans	336	272	$ 336	$ 272
Number of loans to defaulted borrowers \| loan			2	2
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Consumer Loans
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructuring loans		$ 49		$ 49
Number of loans to defaulted borrowers \| loan				2
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Residential Real Estate Loan
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructuring loans	227		$ 227
Number of loans to defaulted borrowers \| loan			2
Accruing
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Troubled debt restructuring loans	$ 4,600		$ 4,600		$ 4,200
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Percentage of total impaired loans			45.00%		33.00%
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial and Non-Residential Real Estate
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	0	2	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 336	$ 272
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 333	$ 272
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial and Non-Residential Real Estate \| Commercial Business
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	0	2	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 336	$ 272
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 333	$ 272
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial and Non-Residential Real Estate \| Commercial Real Estate
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	0	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial and Non-Residential Real Estate \| Acquisition & Development
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	0	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Residential Real Estate
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	2	0	2	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 227	$ 0	$ 227	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 255	$ 0	$ 255	$ 0
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Home Equity
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	0	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 39
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 39
Accruing \| Portfolio Risk \| Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Consumer
Details related to loans identified as Troubled Debt Restructurings (TDRs):
Number of Contracts \| contract	0	0	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 10
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 10