Built around 1816 as a stagecoach stop, inn, tavern, and post office, in 1867 the two-story brick building became the Chili Seminary, the first Free Methodist educational institution in the country. The Free Methodists, who were abolitionists, operated a "temperance house" in the building and may have sheltered runaway slaves there.
In January 2007 it was saved from demolition to make way for a Walgreens and will be refurbished for a commercial tennant.
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