The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center got $250,000 richer Thursday thanks to a donation from a Cincinnati law firm.

        Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co. LPA, announced the gift at a dinner hosted by the Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati-Cincinnati Bar Association Round Table.

        The gift was the second contribution of $250,000 the Freedom Center received at the banquet. Earlier in the evening, the law firm of Blank Rome Cominsky & McCauley LLP announced its donation.

        The Freedom Center's capital campaign has raised $80 million of its $110 million goal.

        “It's my belief that the Freedom Center is so incredibly important at this time in our city's history,” said lawyer Stan Chesley. “I think that all law firms in our city should support it in a similar fashion.”

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