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Caption reads: “Negative of Stringer Mansion. Jefferson County.” The Stringer House, located at 224 Warren Avenue in Rayland, Ohio, was built by wealthy abolitionist John Brown Bayless in 1836. Bayless was an abolitionist from Maryland who moved to the area with his wife and several black servants who were granted freedom but did not leave his household. The home is said to have been part of the Underground Railroad--escaping slaves traveling to Mount Pleasant used a tunnel that spanned from the house to the nearby river. Jefferson D. Stringer bought the house in 1860. Rutherford B. Hayes was believed to be among the guests of the mansion before becoming governor. The mansion was destroyed by a fire in 1982.
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  1. Architecture
  2. Ohio
  3. Stone Architecture, Domestic
  4. Stringer, J. D
  5. Underground Railroad

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