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Property Features
This building is now operating as a Chase Bank. Dr. Edward G. Dyer, at one time, had an office on the second floor. The building, known as the Meinhardt Bank from 1891-1970, was erected around 1847 by Caleb P. Barns, a lawyer and banker who was also an abolitionist and friend of Dr. Dyer's.
While some stories have linked the building with the Underground Railroad and with Caroline Quarll's escape, it was not built until several years after her flight. No information has been found that other fugitives were hidden there; and a 1954 history of the Meinhardt Bank made no mention of the building's being an Underground Railroad stop.
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