Chase

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver complained to a regular, ‘I swear, Chase is trying to rob me blind!’ The regular laughed and shook his head, replying, ‘Mate, I’ve seen your deliveries—you’re robbing yourself blind with those overpriced snacks!’ The two shared a laugh, realizing sometimes life’s best scams are self-inflicted.

2. A few weeks ago, a delivery driver parked his truck outside Chase and noticed something odd. Every time he looked up at the clock above the entrance, it seemed to show different times—sometimes five minutes fast, sometimes ten minutes slow. Curious, the driver mentioned it to a neighbor who happened to be an old watchmaker. Together they waited for another odd occurrence. Finally, on a Wednesday afternoon, when everyone was rushing to leave early, the clock struck exactly 5:08 PM—then promptly stopped working altogether. The bank stayed open late that day, with employees laughing and joking about whose turn it would be next time to arrive early ‘just in case.’

3. At dawn, when most banks are quiet, a security guard noticed something odd: every hour on the hour, a shadowy figure would emerge from behind the Chase building's clock tower. Curious, he followed one day and found it was just an old man delivering newspapers who thought the clock hands pointed to his morning coffee break. Ever since then, everyone in town calls him ‘Mr. Quarter Past Nine.’

4. A little girl pointed excitedly one afternoon, saying, ‘Daddy, look! The Chase bank is waving!’ Her dad chuckled but took another glance—sure enough, the branch’s flag was gently nodding in the breeze. Soon after, a regular passing by remarked, ‘That ain’t no wave, sonny—it’s just the wind playing tricks on us.’ Just then, an old delivery driver pulled up and laughed, ‘Or maybe it’s the ghost of some long-gone teller trying to say hello!’ Everyone shared a good laugh, realizing that sometimes even banks can be as mysterious—and charming—as any fairy tale.