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VINTAGE POINT: Buck’s Liquors
A view of the north side of Grand River in the 1940s. John Cowley & Sons pub was Buck’s Liquors. To the right, next to the Farmington Civic Theater, was a sandwich shop. Historic photo from the Farmington Community Library … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Farmington’s first newspaper
The Farmington Enterprise (a predecessor to the Farmington Observer) published its first edition on Nov. 2, 1888. This photo shows its office prior to 1926, when the building was razed and rebuilt on the same site (Farmington Road, just south … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Farmington State Savings Bank
Farmington State Savings Bank (now the Village Mall) opened at Grand River and Farmington Road on March 18, 1922. The lobby was marble and walnut, and the vault door weighed more than 10,000 pounds. See the then-and-now slider here. Historic … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Doc’s office/Los Tres Amigos
This house, now demolished, at the site of Los Tres Amigos (33200 Grand River) was once the offices of Drs. E.F. Holcomb, Joseph Norton, and Maynard Whitehead, per a note in the Farmington Community Library Heritage Room’s digital archives. See … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Peoples State Bank
The Peoples State Bank at 33312 Grand River (now Edward Jones Investments) opened in 1918 and closed during the Depression. For years, it served as Farmington’s city hall. “The clerk’s office is in the Farmington State Bank, the treasurer’s office … Continue reading
VINTAGE POINT: Eagle Mill
Eagle Mill was built in the mid-1800s by Arthur Power. The mill came down in 1923, but the street is still called Power Road. Today, the mill site is a parking lot for the Shiawassee Park tennis courts, across from … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Clang, clang, clang went the trolley
An old shot looking west along Grand River shows the interurban tracks that once ran through downtown Farmington. NEW FEATURE: Have some fun with our interactive then-and-now slider at this link. Historic photo from the Farmington Community Library Heritage Room. Contemporary … Continue reading
LECTURE: House-spotting, September 21
Maybe you love old houses—restoring them, living in them, touring them, photographing them. Or maybe you’ve walked through the Farmington Historic District so many times that you can identify the houses by color: the blue one on Warner, at the … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Back to school
The original Farmington High School stood at the end of School Street, just off Grand River at the east side of downtown. It was built in 1888 and burned to the ground in 1918. The building at left in the … Continue reading
VINTAGE POINT: Grocery store grand opening
Two grocery store ribbon cuttings, 55 years apart, both at 23300 Farmington Road. Fresh Thyme opened last Tuesday. The A&P opened February 15, 1961. Note the colonial costumes in the old photo, a nod to the A&P’s ad announcing the … Continue reading
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