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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?
he LaSalle Wine company was once the largest winery in Michigan and the third largest in the United States?
A Nice Vintage LaSalle AdLaSalle'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.