Warner Wine Haus

Completed in 1898, this structure was built as a waterworks station for the village of Paw Paw. Water from artesian wells powered the plant, first by steam and after 1908 by hydro-electricity. In the 1920s the wells were capped, and the structure soon fell into disrepair. Warner Vineyards purchased the structure in 1967. Using lumber from old wine casks and period materials, the firm remodeled the station as a tourist and education center, which opened in 1967.

Marker can be reached from South Kalamazoo Street (Michigan Route 40) 0.1 miles north of Commercial Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

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