McConnell's Windmill

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Stone Windmill
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LocationMorris St., Morristown, New York, USA
Coordinates 44°35′22″N75°38′42″W / 44.58944°N 75.64500°W / 44.58944; -75.64500
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1825 (1825)
Built byMcConnell, Hugh
MPS Morristown Village MRA
NRHP reference No. 82004689 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 2, 1982

McConnell's Windmill, also known as Morristown Windmill and Stone Windmill, is a stone windmill in Morristown, New York. It was built in 1825, and is a coursed rubble stone structure measuring 40 feet tall and 77 feet in circumference. It was used as a grist mill. The building has been used as a jail and as an Air Warning System Observation Post (N. 69 c) during World War II. [2] : 5  It is the only windmill on the American side of the St. Lawrence Valley.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ unknown (April 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Stone Windmill. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 25, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
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