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style, to a design by

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. It was designed to house the showrooms, offices, and manufacturing facilities of the Paine Furniture Company, at one time the largest furniture company in

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. The company sold the building in 1989. It has steel frame construction, and is faced in limestone. The building was added to the

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in 2002. It is currently a pending Boston Landmark.

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currently occupies part of the building.

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