Stone Windmill | |
Location | Morris St., Morristown, New York, USA |
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Coordinates | 44°35′22″N75°38′42″W / 44.58944°N 75.64500°W Coordinates: 44°35′22″N75°38′42″W / 44.58944°N 75.64500°W |
Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
Built | 1825 |
Built by | McConnell, Hugh |
MPS | Morristown Village MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82004689 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 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]
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