List of windmills in Illinois
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This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Illinois.
Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
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Addison | Heidemann Mill Old Mill |
Smock | 1868[1] | Burnt down 1958[1] | |
Barrington | Siedhoff Mill Old Dutch Mill Barrington Roller Flour Mill |
1867[2] | Burnt down 5 August 1884[2] | ||
Beecher | Depner Mill[3] | ||||
Bensenville | Franzen Mill Old Flax Mill |
1850[4] | |||
Benson | Schmidt Brothers Mill Benson Mill |
Smock | 1872[5] | ||
Bishop Hill | Jansonnist Mill | 1848[6] | |||
Bloomingdale | Holstein Mill | Smock | 1872[7] | Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.[7] | |
Bloomington | Gridley & Covel Mill[8] | ||||
Broadview | Jung Mill | Smock | 1884[9] | Standing 1884[9] | |
Burnt Prairie | Clark Mill | 1837[10] | Standing 1837[10] | ||
Chicago | Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition | Smock | 1893[11] | ||
Chicago | Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition | Smock | 1893 | Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top[11] | |
Chicago | Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition | Tower | 1933[12] | 1934[12] | |
Chicago | Mates Mill, Haymarket | Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.[13] | |||
Chicago | Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave | Demolished 1910.[13] | |||
Chicago | Vanden Berg Mill[14] | ||||
Chicago | McKay Mill | 1851[15] | Standing 1851.[15] | ||
Des Plaines | Jefferson Mill | 1841[16] | |||
Elmhurst | Fischer Mill Old Dutch Mill Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill Ehlers' Mill Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Smock | 1867[17] | Closed to the public | |
Fort de Chartres | Lalande Mill | 1731[18] | |||
Franklin Grove | Lahman Mill | Smock | 1874[19] | Demolished 1900[19] | |
Fulton | De Immigrant Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Smock | 2000[20] | Open and operational | |
Geneva | Fabyan Mill Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Smock | 1915[21] | Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.[21] | |
Glen Ellyn | Glen Ellyn Mill | Burnt down prior to 1855.[22] | |||
Golden | Prairie Mills Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Smock | 1873[23] | Open and operational | |
Golden | Franzen's Old Mill | Smock | 1854[24] | Demolished 1934[24] | |
Golden | Gronewold Mill | 1865[25] | |||
Gridley | Franzen Brothers Mill | 1872[26] | |||
Hampshire | Rinn Mill Holland Mill |
Smock | 1875[27] | 1883[27] | |
Industry | Swearingen Windmill | 1927-1930?[28] | Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing. | ||
Kaskasia | Jesuit Mill | 1711[29] | |||
Kentucky | Milburn Mill | Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789[30] | |||
Lake Zurich | Lake Zurich Mill | 1850s[31] | Demolished in 1858[31] | ||
Matteson | Matteson Mill | Smock | 1870s[32] | ||
Monee | Schroeder Mill Monee Mill |
Smock | Standing in 1910[33] | ||
Nebraska Township | Sauer Mill | 1869[26] | Moved to Gridley 1872[26] | ||
Palatine | Jahnke Mill | 1879[34] | Standing in 1894[34] | ||
Peoria | Du Sable Mill | 1691[35] | Standing in 1773[35] | ||
Peoria | Maillet Mill | 1778[36] | |||
Peotone | Peotone Mill Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Smock | 1872 | Closed, awaiting restoration | |
Polo | Brand Mill | 1850s[37] | Damaged by a tornado, date unknown[37] | ||
St Joseph | St Joseph Mill[38] | ||||
Schiller Park | Brockman Mill Des Plaines Mill Park Ridge Mill Old Dutch Mill |
Smock | 1870[39] | Demolished 1920s[39] | |
Somonauk | Somonauk Mill[40] | Smock | |||
Tinley Park | Bartels Mill Old Mill New Bremen Mill |
Smock | 1873[41] | Demolished 1911[41] | |
Urbana | Phillipe Mill[42] | ||||
Winnetka | Old Mill Farm Mill[43] | Smock | |||
York Township | Smock | 1875[21] | Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915[21] | ||
Unknown location | Smock[44] |
Notes
Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first recorded date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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