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A narrow, four-story building stands at 26-28 Washington Street, in Keene, New Hampshire. It looks familiar, like thousands of mixed commercial-residential blocks that were built in the late nineteenth century in cities and towns all across the Northeast. But it captured my attention immediately on one of the many visits my wife and I have made to this lively small city with its famous wide Main Street. What makes the building so special? There's the nostalgic advertisement for Coca-Cola painted on the north side of the building, a relic of a long-gone era. The brick structure stands alone, the lone survivor among its immediate architectural neighbors, which were eventually condemned to dust. And the slate mansard-like roof and dormer add an elegant finishing touch. The story continues [url=http://www.morningsonmaplestreet.com/warrenblock1.html]here.[/url] .