In 1820, this portion of original town Lot 35 was owned by R. Brown. By 1891 it was in the possession of Moritz Schall, who sold it to Frank Antoine for $500. Frank and Anne Catherine Stegle Antoine, both born in Paris, made their home here and became one of the community's most beloved adopted families. They lived here with their family of five, of which three reached adulthood, and the home was the center of an active cultural life. Frank Antoine later built an adjoining building facing the square for his carriage and upholstery business, with a large workshop behind, where he produced several fancy bandwagons, including those used by the Nesslein Band of Perryville and the Schnurbusch Band of Apple Creek. After the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Antoine, their daughters Jeanne and Cecile, known as Ceil, lived in the house, and Ceil gave instruction in dress making. Cletus Nesslein, who had begun his furniture business in 1939 in the Hotel Perry Building a few doors north on Main Street, started razing the two buildings on this site after Jeanne, the last Antoine daughter, died in 1957, ending 66 years of Antoine family residence there. Contractor Erwin Hotop built the current Friendly Furniture building, a 7,500 square foot, two-story decorative brick structure with plate glass display windows, and Friendly Furniture opened on May 14, 1959. The business continues to operate in this building under the direction of Cletus Nesslein's son, Ken.