List of windmills in Illinois

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 Mill
Old Mill		 Addison Smock 1868[1] Burnt down 1958[1]
Siedhoff Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Barrington Roller Flour Mill		 Barrington 1867[2] Burnt down 5 August 1884[2]
Depner Mill[3] Beecher
Franzen Mill
Old Flax Mill		 Bensenville 1850[4]
Schmidt Brothers Mill
Benson Mill		 Benson Smock 1872[5]
Jansonnist Mill Bishop Hill 1848[6]
Holstein Mill Bloomingdale Smock 1872[7] Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.[7]
Gridley & Covel Mill[8] Bloomington
Jung Mill Broadview Smock 1884[9] Standing 1884[9]
Clark Mill Burnt Prairie 1837[10] Standing 1837[10]
Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition Chicago Smock 1893[11]
Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition Chicago Smock 1893 Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top[11]
Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition Chicago Tower 1933[12] 1934[12]
Mates Mill, Haymarket Chicago Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.[13]
Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave Chicago Demolished 1910.[13]
Vanden Berg Mill[14] Chicago
McKay Mill Chicago 1851[15] Standing 1851.[15]
Jefferson Mill Des Plaines 1841[16]
Fischer Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill
Ehlers' Mill		 Elmhurst
41°55′46″N 87°55′24″W		 Smock 1867[17] Closed to the public
Lalande Mill Fort de Chartres 1731[18]
Lahman Mill Franklin Grove Smock 1874[19] Demolished 1900[19]
De Immigrant Fulton
41°52′2″N 90°10′7″W		 Smock 2000[20] Open and operational
Fabyan Mill Geneva
41°52′17″N 88°18′21″W		 Smock 1915[21] Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.[21]
Glen Ellyn Mill Glen Ellyn Burnt down prior to 1855.[22]
Prairie Mills Golden
40°6′22.2″N 91°0′56″W		 Smock 1873[23] Open and operational
Franzen's Old Mill Golden Smock 1854[24] Demolished 1934[24]
Gronewold Mill Golden 1865[25]
Franzen Brothers Mill Gridley 1872[26]
Rinn Mill
Holland Mill		 Hampshire Smock 1875[27] 1883[27]
Swearingen Windmill Industry 1927-1930?[28] Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.
Jesuit Mill Kaskaskia 1711[29]
Milburn Mill Kentucky Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789[30]
Lake Zurich Mill Lake Zurich 1850s[31] Demolished in 1858[31]
Matteson Mill Matteson Smock 1870s[32]
Schroeder Mill
Monee Mill		 Monee Smock Standing in 1910[33]
Sauer Mill Nebraska Township 1869[26] Moved to Gridley 1872[26]
Jahnke Mill Palatine 1879[34] Standing in 1894[34]
Du Sable Mill Peoria 1691[35] Standing in 1773[35]
Maillet Mill Peoria 1778[36]
Peotone Mill Peotone
41°19′55″N 87°47′49″W		 Smock 1872 Closed, awaiting restoration
Brand Mill Polo 1850s[37] Damaged by a tornado, date unknown[37]
St Joseph
Brockman Mill
Des Plaines Mill
Park Ridge Mill
Old Dutch Mill		 Schiller Park Smock 1870[39] Demolished 1920s[39]
Somonauk Mill[40] Somonauk Smock
Bartels Mill
Old Mill
New Bremen Mill		 Tinley Park Smock 1873[41] Demolished 1911[41]
Phillipe Mill[42] Urbana
Old Mill Farm Mill[43] Winnetka 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.

References
  1. "Heidemann Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  2. "Siedhoff Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  3. "Depner Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  4. "Franzen Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. "Schmidt Brothers Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  6. "Jansonnist Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  7. "Holstein Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  8. "Gridley & Covel Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  9. "Jung Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  10. "Clark Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  11. "Windmills at the Columbian Exposition of 1893". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  12. "Windmill at the Century of Progress Fair of 1934". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  13. "Gray Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  14. "Vanden Berg Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  15. "McKay Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  16. "Jefferson Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  17. "Fischer Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  18. "Lalande Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  19. "Lahman Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  20. "De Immigrant Windmill". City of Fulton, Illinois. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  21. "Fabyan Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  22. "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  23. "The Prairie Mills Windmill". Golden Historical Society. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  24. "Custom Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  25. "Gronewold Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  26. "Franzen Brothers Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  27. "Rinn Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  28. "Swearingen Windmill, Industry, Illinois".
  29. "Jesuit Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  30. "Milburn Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  31. "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  32. "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  33. "Schroeder Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  34. "Jahnke Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  35. "Du Sable Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  36. "Maillet Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  37. "Brand Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  38. "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  39. "Brockman Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  40. "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  41. "Bartels Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  42. "Phillipe Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  43. "Old Mill Farm Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  44. "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
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