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Equity Compensation Restricted Stock Units (Details) - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
2019 Service Year [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Units outstanding		24,280
RSUs vested and unearned		0
RSUs unearned and unvested		24,280
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other than Option, Nonvested, Intrinsic Value		$ 10.77
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period		27,760
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		$ 298,975
share based compensation awards forfeited		(3,480)
Share Based Compensation Awards, Units Earned And Converted Into Common Stock		0
2018 Service Year [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Units outstanding			15,640
RSUs vested and unearned		5,238
RSUs unearned and unvested		10,402
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other than Option, Nonvested, Intrinsic Value		$ 16.66
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period			20,720
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		$ 345,195
share based compensation awards forfeited		(5,080)
Share Based Compensation Awards, Units Earned And Converted Into Common Stock		0
2017 Service Year [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted Stock Units outstanding	5,709
RSUs vested and unearned		0
RSUs unearned and unvested		5,709
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other than Option, Nonvested, Intrinsic Value		$ 11.92
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	26,900
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		$ 320,648
share based compensation awards forfeited		(7,037)
Share Based Compensation Awards, Units Earned And Converted Into Common Stock		14,154