List of windmills in Illinois
Introduction This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Illinois.Windmills having coordinates below can be seen together in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right. Windmill Location Type Built Notes Photograph Heidemann MillOld Mill Addison Smock '''1868''' Burnt down 1958  Siedhoff MillOld Dutch MillBarrington Roller Flour Mill Barrington  1867 Burnt down 5 August 1884  Depner Mill Beecher     Franzen MillOld Flax Mill Bensenville  1850   Schmidt Brothers MillBenson Mill Benson Smock '''1872'''   Jansonnist Mill Bishop Hill  '''1848'''   Holstein Mill Bloomingdale Smock '''1872''' Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished. Gridley & Covel Mill Bloomington     Jung Mill Broadview Smock 1884 Standing 1884  Clark Mill Burnt Prairie  1837 Standing 1837  Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition Chicago Smock '''1893'''   Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition Chicago Smock 1893 Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top  Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition Chicago Tower 1933 1934  Mates Mill, Haymarket Chicago   Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue. Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave Chicago   Demolished 1910.Vanden Berg Mill Chicago     McKay Mill Chicago  1851 Standing 1851.Jefferson Mill Des Plaines  '''1841'''   '''Fischer Mill''''''Old Dutch Mill''''''Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill''''''Ehlers' Mill''' Elmhurst Smock '''1867''' Closed to the public 150px Lalande Mill Fort de Chartres  '''1731'''   Lahman Mill Franklin Grove Smock '''1874''' Demolished 1900  '''De Immigrant''' Fulton Smock '''2000''' Open and operational 150px '''Fabyan Mill''' Geneva Smock '''1915''' Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational. 150px Glen Ellyn Mill Glen Ellyn   Burnt down prior to 1855. '''Prairie Mills''' Golden Smock '''1873''' Open and operational  Franzen's Old Mill Golden Smock '''1854''' Demolished 1934  Gronewold Mill Golden  '''1865'''   Franzen Brothers Mill Gridley  '''1872'''   Rinn MillHolland Mill Hampshire Smock '''1875''' 1883  Swearingen Windmill Industry'''1927-1930?''' Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing. Jesuit Mill Kaskaskia  '''1711'''   Milburn Mill Kentucky   Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789  Lake Zurich Mill Lake Zurich  1850s Demolished in 1858  Matteson Mill Matteson Smock 1870s   Schroeder MillMonee Mill Monee Smock  Standing in 1910  Sauer Mill Nebraska Township  '''1869''' Moved to Gridley 1872  Jahnke Mill Palatine  1879 Standing in 1894  Du Sable Mill Peoria  '''1691''' Standing in 1773  Maillet Mill Peoria  '''1778'''   '''Peotone Mill''' Peotone Smock '''1872''' Closed, awaiting restoration 150px Brand Mill Polo  1850s Damaged by a tornado, date unknown  St Joseph     Brockman MillDes Plaines MillPark Ridge MillOld Dutch Mill Schiller Park Smock '''1870''' Demolished 1920s  Somonauk Mill Somonauk Smock    Bartels MillOld MillNew Bremen Mill Tinley Park Smock '''1873''' Demolished 1911  Phillipe Mill Urbana     Old Mill Farm Mill Winnetka Smock     York Township Smock '''1875''' Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915  Unknown location Smock
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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