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Welcome To FJHM Online!
The Museum Has Been Moved Online and will continue to serve the people of Farmington and Farmington Hills. We will feature items unique to our collection and will be available for lectures. We also plan to continue hosting special events. For more information please call 248-739-4877
Did You Know?
The D.U.R Powerhouse and LaSalle Winery building is the most significant historic landmark in the Farmington area? If you ever run into it's owner and caretaker John White, remember to thank him for having the vision to save it!
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A Nice Vintage LaSalle Ad 
Looking Northwest from the Chimney Top-1980's 
Looking Southeast from the Chimney Top-1980's
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LaSalle's Unique Concrete Aging Vats
The LaSalle Winery was converted from an electric powerhouse to a winery therefore several unique features were added in order to produce wine.
One of these features is a series of concrete vats which were used for aging some of the wines at the winery. These vats were made of poured concrete much like a basement is made today. The
only way to get inside through a was a small opening less than 2 feet tall and one foot wide.
These vats were built in the early 1930's and were made of concrete and lined with window glass to seal the vats to keep the wine inside.
These vats are unique to The Old Winery and can not be seen anywhere else.