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Local beers are featured on tap at the Dominion House Tavern in Windsor, ON. on Thursday, May 10, 2018. The DH will be celebrating their 140th anniversary on the long May weekend. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

Although the tavern was said to have secret tunnels during Prohibition, Mickle couldn find any. Over the years the tavern attracted jurors from the nearby county court house (Mackenzie Hall), workers building the Ambassador Bridge in the late 1920s, and of course university professors and students. Professors even held classes there.

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of the best thing about owning the Dominion House is actually owning a piece of Windsor history, Mickle said.

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Mike Landry, 65, who worked at the DH for 18 years starting in 1980, remembers nights when people lined up three deep at the bar. are shown at the landmark west end establishment on Thursday, May 10, 2018. The DH will be celebrating its 140th anniversary on the May long weekend. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)

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