List of windmills in the United States

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This is a list of "traditional" windmills in the United States, which usually are gristmills.

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In this nation more than others, "windmill" is often used to refer to what are properly termed windpumps bringing up water for agriculture. This is at least partly due to usage by windpump builders Eclipse Windmill Company (1873) and Aermotor Windmill Company (1888, the sole surviving US "windmill" manufacturer [1] ). And it is also used by many to refer to modern wind turbines generating electricity.

This list aims to include only traditional-type windmills, with the exception that it also includes NRHP-listed historic windpumps known as windmills, such as the "Iron Turbine Windmill" in Arizona.

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Arizona

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Iron Turbine mill Prescott
34°32′30″N112°28′27″W / 34.54167°N 112.47417°W / 34.54167; -112.47417 (Iron Turbine Mill) 		Iron windpump1876 IronTurbineWindmill 1 sm.jpg

California

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Murphy Windmill San Francisco Smock 1905Appeared in the film A Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin
Windmill World 		Murphy windmill.jpg
Dutch Windmill San Francisco Tower 1902 Windmill World Golden Gate Park north windmill side.JPG
Solvang Smock Solvang California2.jpg

Florida

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
WindmillCarl Fisher Casino, Miami Beach Tower 1920 [2] 1926 [2]

Illinois

Indiana

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Robertson Mill Kendalville Post 2000 [3] Replica of Robertson Mill, Williamsburg, Virginia [3]

Iowa

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Danish Mill Elk Horn
41°35′22″N95°03′37″W / 41.58957°N 95.060371°W / 41.58957; -95.060371 (Danish Mill) 		Smock 1976 [4] Built in 1848 at Nørre-Snede, Denmark. Dismantled 1975 and re-erected at Elk Horn in 1976. [4] Elk Horn Iowa Windmill.JPG
Vermeer MillPella Historical Village, Pella
41°24′23″N92°54′52″W / 41.40649°N 92.91446°W / 41.40649; -92.91446 (Vermeer Mill) 		Smock 2002 [5] Vermeer Mill.JPG

Kansas

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Windmill Reamsville Smock 1879 [6] Moved to Smith Center, 1938 [6]
Old Dutch Mill Smith Center
39°46.85′N98°47.04′W / 39.78083°N 98.78400°W / 39.78083; -98.78400 (Old Dutch Mill) 		Smock 1938 [6]
Old Dutch Mill Wamego
39°12′13″N96°18′08″W / 39.20361°N 96.30222°W / 39.20361; -96.30222 (Old Dutch Mill) 		Tower 1925 [7]
Windmillnear Wamego (12 miles (19 km) north of town) Tower 1879 [7] Dismantled 1925 and re-erected at Wamego. [7]

Maine

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Bailey Farm mill Anson
44°51′45″N69°55′49″W / 44.86250°N 69.93028°W / 44.86250; -69.93028 (Bailey Farm mill) 		1905 AnsonME BaileyFarmWindmill2.jpg
Hatch's Mill Castine c1800 [8]
1815 [8]
Windmill at 12 Madockawando Rd.12 Madockawando Rd., Castine
44°23′01″N68°48′38″W / 44.38355°N 68.81064°W / 44.38355; -68.81064 (Windmill at 12 Madockawando Rd.) 		"antique windmill folly was built as a piano studio over a century ago" [9]

Massachusetts

Michigan

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Greenfield Mill Dearborn Smock 1660 in Massachusetts Windmill World Greenfield Mill built on Cape Cod in Massachusetts USA, now at Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan.JPG
Hickory Corners Smock 1927Moved here from Heeg, Friesland, Netherlands. [10]
De Zwaan Holland Smock 1761 in the Netherlands DeZwaan windmill - Holland MI.jpg

Minnesota

LocationName of mill
and coordinates		TypeBuiltNotesImage
Seppman Mill Minneopa State Park, Mankato
44°09′44″N94°06′08″W / 44.162188°N 94.102180°W / 44.162188; -94.102180 (Seppman Mill) 		Tower 1864 Seppman.jpg

Missouri

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Bevo Mill St. Louis
38°34′54″N90°16′01″W / 38.58174°N 90.26697°W / 38.58174; -90.26697 (Bevo Mill) 		Smock Bevo Mill Restaurant 20150905-190.jpg

New Jersey

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Volendam Mill Holland Township
40°35′48″N75°09′50″W / 40.5966°N 75.1639°W / 40.5966; -75.1639 (Volendam Mill) 		Smock 1965 Volendamwindmill.jpg
Great Western Mill]] Paulus Hook, New Jersey
40°43′00″N74°02′01″W / 40.71659°N 74.03348°W / 40.71659; -74.03348 (Great Western Mill) 		Smock 1806Edge's father shipped it to him from England. Built in Brooklyn Heights, moved to Paulus Hook 1812, moved to Southold 1839, Burnt 1870 Great Western Windmill.jpg ]]

New Mexico

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Eclipse mill Moriarty
34°59′48″N106°04′55″W / 34.99667°N 106.08194°W / 34.99667; -106.08194 (Moriarty Eclipse Windmill) 		1890

New York

Rhode Island

South Carolina

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
WindmillMarsh Island1789Demolished 1852. [11]

South Dakota

LocationName of mill
and coordinates		TypeBuiltNotesImage
Holland Grist Windmill Milbank
45°13′18″N96°37′10″W / 45.22167°N 96.61944°W / 45.22167; -96.61944 (Holland Grist Mill) 		Smock mill 1882 Windmill World SD-Milbank-Hollandsgristmill.JPG

Tennessee

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
McKenzie Windmill Georgetown
35°21′23″N84°54′55″W / 35.35639°N 84.91528°W / 35.35639; -84.91528 (McKenzie Windmill) 		Iron windpump1931

Texas

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill Sheffield
30°44′44″N101°58′30″W / 30.74556°N 101.97500°W / 30.74556; -101.97500 (Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill) 		Iron windpump1898
Victoria Grist Windmill Victoria
28°48′04″N97°00′05″W / 28.80111°N 97.00139°W / 28.80111; -97.00139 (Victoria Grist Windmill) 		Smock 1870 Victoria grist windmill 2008.jpg

Vermont

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Windmill Alburgh Tower c1731 [8] Standing 1749 [8]

Virginia

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Flowerdew Hundred Mill Flowerdew Hundred 1612 [12]
Flowerdew Hundred MillFlowerdew Hundred Post 1978 [13]
Robertson Mill Williamsburg Post 1621 [14] Standing in 1723. [14]
Robertson MillWilliamsburg Post [13]
Buckner's Mill Yorktown Smock1711 [15] Destroyed by tornado in late 19th century
Akers′ Mill Yorktown Smock2011 [16] Reconstruction of William Buckner's Mill near original site

Washington

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Cambern Mill Spokane
47°38′43″N117°23′20″W / 47.64528°N 117.38889°W / 47.64528; -117.38889 (Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill) 		1929

Wisconsin

WindmillLocationTypeBuiltNotesImage
Davidson Windmill Superior
46°38′56″N91°54′21″W / 46.64889°N 91.90583°W / 46.64889; -91.90583 (Davidson Mill) 		Smock 1900 [17] Eight sails [17]
Little Chute Windmill Little Chute
44°17′3″N88°18′49″W / 44.28417°N 88.31361°W / 44.28417; -88.31361 (Little Chute Windmill) 		Smock Constructed by Verbij Hoogmade BV[ citation needed ]
Waupun Dutch Windmill Waupun
44°17′3″N88°18′49″W / 44.28417°N 88.31361°W / 44.28417; -88.31361 (Waupun Dutch Windmill) 		Smock
Pilgrim Family Farmstead
Windmill at Robert M. Lamp Cottage Lake Mendota, Madison Windmill built 1902–03 to bring water to Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cottage on an island in Lake Mendota.
Romeo and Juliet Windmill

Insular Areas

Puerto Rico

WindmillTypeBuiltNotesImage
Ingenio Azucarero Vives [18] Guayama
17°58′45″N66°7′3″W / 17.97917°N 66.11750°W / 17.97917; -66.11750 (Ingenio Azucarero Vives) 		Tower 1828Spanish colonial sugar mill Hacienda Azucarera Vives, Barrio Machete (Guayama County, Puerto Rico).jpg

US Virgin Islands

WindmillTypeBuiltNotesImage
Estate La Reine
Estate Mount Victory

See also

Notes

Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "A History We're Proud Of: Aermotor Windmill Company" . Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Carl Fisher casino, Miami Beach, Florida". Windmill World. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Robertson Post Windmill". Mid-America Windmill Museum. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Windmill History". The Danish Windmill. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Vermeer Mill & Interpretive Center". Pella Historical Village. Archived from the original on November 27, 2005. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 "Old Dutch Mill". Ohio Barns. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 "Old Dutch Mill". Ohio Barns. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN   0-9719547-7-1.
  9. ↑ "Maine Listings: 12 Madocakawando Rd" . Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Heeg/ Heech, Fryslân, Fryslân". Amsterdam: De Hollandsche Molens. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Museum around the Corner: Marsh Island". South Strand News. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ "ABRAHAM PEIRSEY of JAMESTOWNE, VIRGINIA". Paul E. Pennebaker. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  13. 1 2 "Windmills of Virginia". Windmill World. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  14. 1 2 "The Miller and the Windmill". Colonial Williamsburg. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  15. ↑ Walt Akers. "Historic References to the Yorktown Windmill" . Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Yorktown Windmill Project". Twisted Oaks Foundation. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Davidson Windmill". Waymarking. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  18. ↑ Antonio E. Colberg (1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ingenio Azucarero Vives / Hacienda Vives". National Park Service . Retrieved March 4, 2023. with ten photos from 1976
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