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                              LNB Bancorp, Inc.

                           Exhibit to Form 10 - K/A

                 (for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000)

                        S - K Reference Number (99.1)

           Annual report on Form 11-K of The Lorain National Bank
          Employee Stock Ownership Plan (registration number 33-65034)
            for the plan year ended December 31, 2000 filed as an
                amendment to the annual report on Form 10-K.





































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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

                                FORM 11-K

         FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS
           AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934






[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000

Note: This Form 11-K is being filed as an amending Exhibit to the Form
      10-K of LNB Bancorp, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2000 pursuant to Rule 15d-21, therefore no fee is required.



      [   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
            SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
      For the transition period from                  to
                                     ----------------    -----------



      Commission file number 0-13203



            THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
            ------------------------------------------------------
                         (Full title of the plan)



        Lorain National Bank   457 Broadway   Lorain, Ohio   44052-1769
       ---------------------------------------------------------------
        (Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and
              the address of its principal executive office)




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                                REQUIRED INFORMATION

Audited plan financial statements and schedules prepared in accordance
with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement
Income Securities Act of 1974, as amended, are filed herewith in lieu of
the requirements of an audited statement of financial condition and
statement of income and changes in plan equity.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

A)   The following financial statements and schedules are filed as part
     of this annual report.

     1)   Independent Auditors' Report

     2)   Statements of Assets Available for Distribution to
          Participants - December 31, 2000 and 1999

     3)   Statements of Changes in Assets Available for Distribution to
          Participants - Years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999.

     4)   Notes to Financial Statements

     5)   Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) -
          December 31, 2000

6) Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions - Year
ended December 31, 2000

B)   The following Exhibit is filed as part of this annual report:

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The Lorain National Bank
Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Financial Statements and Schedules

December 31, 2000 and 1999


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The Lorain National Bank
Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Table of Contents

                                                       Page

      Independent Auditors' Report                       1

      Statements of Assets Available for Distribution
       To Participants, December 31, 2000 and 1999       2

      Statements of Changes in Assets Available for
       Distribution to Participants, Years ended
       December 31, 2000 and 1999                        3

      Notes to Financial Statements                      4

      Schedules

      1 Schedule H, line 4i -Schedule of Assets (Held
         at End of Year) - December 31, 2000             8

      2 Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable
         Transactions - Year ended December 31, 2000     9






















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                        Independent Auditors' Report

The Plan Administrator
The Lorain National Bank
Sponsor of The Lorain National Bank
  Employee Stock Ownership Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets available for
distribution to participants of The Lorain National Bank Employee Stock
Ownership Plan (Plan) as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
statements of changes in assets available for distribution to participants
for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Plan's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America.  Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the assets available for distribution to participants
of the Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the changes in those assets
for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental Schedule H, line 4i-
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2000 and
Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the year ended
December 31, 2000 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and
are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are
supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.  These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of
the Plan's management.  The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the

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auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements
and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation
to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

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                         THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                       EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

       Statements of Assets Available for Distribution to Participants

                        December 31, 2000 and 1999


                  ASSETS                             2000        1999
                                                  ----------  ----------
  Assets available for distribution
  to participants:
    Short-term cash investments                   $  302,385     242,984
    Investment, at fair value (notes 3 and 6):
      Common stock - LNB Bancorp, Inc.             3,335,957   3,058,664

  Receivables:
    Employer contributions                           150,000     100,000
    Dividends and interest                            42,723      35,775
                                                  ----------  ----------
              Total receivables                      192,723     135,775
                                                  ----------  ----------
              Assets available for
              distribution to participants        $3,831,065   3,437,423
                                                  ==========  ==========


  See accompanying notes to financial statements.



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                           THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                         EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

Statements of Changes in Assets Available for Distribution to Participants

                    Years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999


                                                         2000      1999
                                                     ---------- ---------

  Additions:
    Investment income:
     Dividends                                       $  148,089   124,112
     Interest                                             8,236     4,189
     Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value
      of investments (note 3)                            49,512  (788,620)
                                                     ---------- ---------
           Total investment income (loss)               205,837  (660,319)
                                                     ---------- ---------
    Employer contribution                               450,000   400,000

           Total additions (deletions)                  655,837  (260,319)
                                                     ---------- ---------
  Deductions - distributions to participants           (262,195) (186,850)
                                                     ---------- ---------
           Increase (decrease) in assets available for
             distribution to participants               393,642  (447,169)

  Assets available for distribution to participants:
    Beginning of year                                 3,437,423 3,884,592
                                                     ---------- ---------
    End of year                                      $3,831,065 3,437,423
                                                     ========== =========

  See accompanying notes to financial statements.



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                             THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                           EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                           Notes to Financial Statements

                            December 31, 2000 and 1999

 (1)   Description of the Plan

       The following description of The Lorain National Bank Employee Stock
       Ownership Plan (Plan) provides only general information. Participants
       should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of
       the Plan's provisions.

       (a)   General

             The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by The Lorain
             National Bank (Bank), a wholly owned subsidiary of LNB Bancorp,
             Inc., covering substantially all employees of the Bank.  An
             employee is eligible to participate in the Plan after the
             attainment of age 21 and completion of one year of service, as
             defined in the Plan.  The Plan is subject to the provisions of
             the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

             Under the terms of the Plan, the Investment and Trust Services
             Division of the Bank acts as trustee for the Plan and, as such,
             manages a trust fund which includes all of the Plan's assets.
             The trustee has been granted discretionary authority concerning
             purchases and sales of investments in the trust fund made from
             employer contributions.

       (b)   Bank Contributions

             The amount of the contribution is determined by the Bank's Board
             of Directors in its absolute discretion.  The Bank is not
             required to make a contribution in any specific year.
             Contributions are allocated to participants' accounts in the
             proportion each participant's annual compensation bears to the
             total annual compensation of all participants for that plan
             year.

       (c)   Participant Contributions

             The Plan does not permit participant contributions.

       (d)   Vesting

             Each participant vests in the bank contribution after 5 years
             of service.  Forfeitures of nonvested employer contributions
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             are made available first to reinstate previously forfeited
             account balances of former participants who are reemployed by
             the Plan sponsor.  The remaining forfeitures, if any, shall be
             allocated among the participants' accounts in the proportion
             each participant's annual compensation bears to the total annual
             compensation of all participants for that plan year.

 (e)   Distributions Upon Termination of Employment

             A participant whose employment terminates by reason of
             retirement on their early retirement date or on their normal
             retirement date, receives their vested benefits.  The
             participant may elect distribution of their vested benefits
             either in a single distribution or in annual, semiannual,
             quarterly, or monthly installments.

             A participant whose employment is terminated for any reason
             other than those designated above may receive a single
             distribution of their vested benefits.


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                          THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                        EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                        Notes to Financial Statements

                         December 31, 2000 and 1999

       (f)   Plan Termination

             Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Bank
             has the right to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions
             set forth in ERISA.  In the event of Plan termination, the
             assets of the Plan will be allocated as prescribed by ERISA and
             its related regulations.

       (g)   Plan Administrator

             The Plan Administrator is the President and Chief Executive
             Officer of the Bank.

 (2)  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

       (a)   Basis of Presentation

             The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been
             prepared under the accrual method of accounting.

       (b)   Investments

             The fair value of investments and changes therein are
             determined through the use of current quoted market values.
             Purchases and sales are recorded on a trade date basis.
             Interest income is recorded on the accrual method of
             accounting.

       (c)   Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

             The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
             accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
             America requires management to make estimates and assumptions
             that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and
             changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and
             liabilities.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

       (d)   Payment of Benefits

             Benefit payments to participants are recorded when paid.


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       (e)   New Accounting Pronouncements

             In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
             SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
             Hedging Activities" ("SFAS No. 133").  SFAS No. 133 requires
             That an entity recognize all derivatives and measures those
             instruments at fair value.

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17                 THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                       EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                       Notes to Financial Statements

                        December 31, 2000 and 1999

     SFAS No. 133 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15,2000.
     Pursuant to SFAS No. 137, the Plan is required to adopt SFAS No. 133
     effective January 1, 2001.  Management has determined that the impact of
     SFAS No. 133 on the Plan financial statements would be immaterial.

(3)  Investments

     The following table presents the fair values of investments at
     December 31, 2000 and 1999:
                                    2000                     1999
                           ---------------------   --------------------
                              Number                  Number
                            of Shares     Fair      of Shares     Fair
                             or Units    Value       or Units    Value
                           --------- -----------   --------- -----------
     Common stock -
      LNB Bancorp, Inc.      152,919 $ 3,335,957     139,030 $ 3,058,664
                           ========= ===========   ========= ===========

     During the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Plan's
     investments (including investments bought, sold, and held during the
     year) appreciated in value by $49,512 and depreciated in value by
     $788,620,respectively

(4)  Administrative Expenses

     The administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Bank.

(5)  Federal Income Taxes

     The Internal Revenue Service issued its latest determination letter on
     May 6, 1996 which stated that the Plan and its underlying Trust, as
     designed, qualify under the applicable provisions of the Internal
     Revenue Code.  The Plan has been amended since receiving the
     determination letter.  In the opinion of the Plan Administrator, the
     Plan and its underlying Trust have operated within the terms of the
     Plan and remain qualified under the applicable provisions of the
     Internal Revenue Code.

     As long as the Plan continues to be qualified under present federal
     income tax laws and regulations, participants will not be taxed on
     Bank contributions or on investment earning on such contributions at
     the time such contributions and investment earnings are received by
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     the Trustee, but may be subject to tax thereon at such time as they
     receive distributions under the Plan.


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                         THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                       EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                       Notes to Financial Statements

                        December 31, 2000 and 1999

(6)  Party-in-Interest Transactions

     The following is a summary of transactions in common stock of LNB
     Bancorp Inc., 100% owner of the Bank, during the year ended
     December 31, 2000:

                                                    Number     Fair
                                                  of Shares    Value
                                                -----------  -----------
       Balance at December 31, 1999                139,030  $ 3,058,664

         Purchases                                  20,187      380,775
         Distributions                              (6,298)    (152,994)
         Net appreciation                               -        49,512
                                                -----------  -----------
       Balance at December 31, 2000                152,919  $ 3,335,957
                                                ===========  ===========

(7)  Assets Available for Distribution to Participants


                                                   2000         1999
                                                -----------  -----------

     Assets payable to terminated participants  $  132,963   $  117,336
     Assets available for continuing
       participants                              3,698,102    3,320,087
                                                -----------  -----------
                                                $3,831,065   $3,437,423
                                                ===========  ===========


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                                                            Schedule 1

                           THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                         EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                              EIN: 34-0869480
                             Plan Number: 002



       Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
                             December 31, 2000

Column A     Column B                   Column C              Column D
- --------  ------------------   --------------------------    -----------
                               Description of investment
          Identity of issue,    including maturity date,
          borrower, lessor     rate of interest, collateral,
           or similar party      par or maturity value          Cost
- --------  ------------------   --------------------------    -----------
*         LNB Bancorp, Inc.     152,919 shares of common     $ 3,176,369
                                   stock
*         Lorain National Bank  Treasury Trust Fund              302,385
                                                             -----------
                                                             $ 3,478,754
                                                             ===========


Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) Continued

Column A     Column B                   Column C              Column E
- --------  ------------------   --------------------------    -----------
                               Description of investment
          Identity of issue,    including maturity date,
          borrower, lessor     rate of interest, collateral,    Current
           or similar party       par or maturity value          value
- -------- ------------------   --------------------------    -----------
*         LNB Bancorp, Inc.     152,919 shares of common     $ 3,335,957
                                   stock
*         Lorain National Bank  Treasury Trust Fund              302,385
                                                             -----------
                                                             $ 3,638,342
                                                             ===========

*Party in interest

 See accompanying independent auditors' report.

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                                                            Schedule 2

                          THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                        EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                              EIN: 34-0869480
                              Plan Number: 002

        Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions

                        Year ended December 31, 2000

Series transactions, when aggregated, involving an amount in excess of 5%
of the current value of Plan assets:

   Column A               Column B          Column C   Column D   Column E
- -------------------- --------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Identity of             Description         Purchase   Selling    Lease
party involved           of assets            price     price     rental
- -------------------- --------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------
* LNB Bancorp, Inc.    LNB Bancorp, Inc.
                        common stock,
                        102 purchases     $ 380,775         -         -
                        1 sale                   -          15        -

* Lorain National Bank Treasury Trust Fund,
                         17 purchases       408,449         -         -
                         98 sales        $       -     349,048        -
                                           ========== ========== =========

Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions Continued

Column A               Column B          Column F    Column G   Column H
- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------- --------  ---------
                                                                 Current
                                           Expense               value of
                                          incurred              asset on
Identity of             Description          with      Cost of transaction
party involved           of assets       transaction     asset    date
- ---------------------- ----------------- ------------- --------- ---------
* LNB Bancorp, Inc.    LNB Bancorp, Inc.
                        common stock,
                        102 purchases            -       380,775  380,775
                        1 sale                                17       15

* Lorain National Bank Treasury Trust Fund,
                        17 purchases             -       408,449  408,449
                        98 sales                 -       349,048  349,048
                                         ============= ========= =========
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                                                            Schedule 2

                          THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK
                        EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

                              EIN: 34-0869480
                              Plan Number: 002

 Schedule H, line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions Continued


     Column A               Column B          Column I
- ---------------------- ---------------------- -------------
   Identity of             Description        Net gain
   party involved           of assets         or (loss)
- ---------------------- ---------------------- -------------
* LNB Bancorp, Inc.    LNB Bancorp, Inc.
                        common stock,
                        102 purchases            -
                        1 sale                  (2)

* Lorain National Bank Treasury Trust Fund,
                        17 purchases             -
                        98 sales                 -
                                              ============

* Party in interest

  See accompanying independent auditors' report.


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                                 SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



          THE LORAIN NATIONAL BANK EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
          ------------------------------------------------------
                              (Name of Plan)




Date: June 28, 2001            By: /s/ Gregory D. Friedman
      -------------               -----------------------
                                  Gregory D. Friedman, CPA
                                  Executive Vice President and
                                  Chief Financial Officer


                                  /s/ Mitchell J. Fallis
                                  ----------------------
                                  Mitchell J. Fallis, CPA
                                  Vice President and
                                  Chief Accounting Officer






















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                           The Lorain National Bank
                         Employee Stock Ownership Plan

                            Exhibit to Form 11 - K

               (for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000)

                          S - K Reference Number (24)


                    Consent of Independent Accountants.






































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                       Consent of Independent Accountants
                       ----------------------------------

The Plan Administrator
LNB Bancorp, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
No. 33-65034 of LNB Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated April 16, 2001,
relating to the statements of assets available for distribution to
participants of The Lorain National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan as
of December 31, 2000, and 1999, and the related statements of changes in
assets available for distribution to participants for the years then
ended, which report appears in Amendment No. 1 to the 2000 annual report
on Form 10-K of LNB Bancorp, Inc.

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June 26, 2001

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