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Dutch Boy Paint

Founded in 1907 by the National Lead Company, Dutch Boy is currently a subsidiary of, and is owned and operated by the Diversified Brands Division of the Sherwin-Williams Company, who acquired it in 1980, three years after the CPSC's directive banning the manufacture of lead housepaint went into effect.

Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building

It houses offices of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Army Corps of Engineers, Defense Contract Management Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, Peace Corps, Railroad Retirement Board and Social Security Administration.


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