List of windmills in Illinois

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This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Illinois.

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Windmills having coordinates below can be seen together in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right.

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Windmill

! Location

! Type

! Built

! Notes

! Photograph

Heidemann Mill
Old Mill

| Addison

| Smock

| 1868{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Addison |title=Heidemann Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726173306/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Addison |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| Burnt down 1958

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Siedhoff Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Barrington Roller Flour Mill

| Barrington

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| 1867{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Barrington |title=Siedhoff Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Burnt down 5 August 1884

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Depner Mill{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Beecher |title=Depner Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Beecher

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Franzen Mill
Old Flax Mill

| Bensenville

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| 1850{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Bensenville |title=Franzen Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Schmidt Brothers Mill
Benson Mill

| Benson

| Smock

| 1872{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Benson |title=Schmidt Brothers Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Jansonnist Mill

| Bishop Hill

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| 1848{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Bishophill |title=Jansonnist Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Holstein Mill

| Bloomingdale

| Smock

| 1872{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Bloomingdale |title=Holstein Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.

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Gridley & Covel Mill{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Bloomington |title=Gridley & Covel Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Bloomington

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Jung Mill

| Broadview

| Smock

| 1884{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Broadview |title=Jung Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Standing 1884

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Clark Mill

| Burnt Prairie

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| 1837{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Burntprairie |title=Clark Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Standing 1837

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Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition

| Chicago

| Smock

| 1893{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/1893Chicago |title=Windmills at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition

| Chicago

| Smock

| 1893

| Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top

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Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition

| Chicago

| Tower

| 1933{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/1934Chicago |title=Windmill at the Century of Progress Fair of 1934 |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| 1934

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Mates Mill, Haymarket

| Chicago

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| Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Chicago1 |title=Gray Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave

| Chicago

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| Demolished 1910.

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Vanden Berg Mill{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Chicago2 |title=Vanden Berg Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Chicago

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McKay Mill

| Chicago

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| 1851{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Chicago3 |title=McKay Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Standing 1851.

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Jefferson Mill

| Des Plaines

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| 1841{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Desplaines |title=Jefferson Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003082437/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Desplaines |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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Fischer Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill
Ehlers' Mill

| Elmhurst
{{coord|41|55|46|N|87|55|24|W|name=Fischer Mill}}

| Smock

| 1867{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Fischer.htm |title=Fischer Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Closed to the public

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Lalande Mill

| Fort de Chartres

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| 1731{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Fortdechartres |title=Lalande Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Lahman Mill

| Franklin Grove

| Smock

| 1874{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Franklingrove |title=Lahman Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Demolished 1900

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De Immigrant

| Fulton
{{coord|41|52|2|N|90|10|7|W|name=De Immigrant}}

| Smock

| 2000{{cite web |url=http://www.cityoffulton.us/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=5&Itemid=94 |title=De Immigrant Windmill |publisher=City of Fulton, Illinois |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527034926/http://www.cityoffulton.us/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=5&Itemid=94 |archive-date=27 May 2009 }}

| Open and operational

| 150px

Fabyan Mill

| Geneva
{{coord|41|52|17|N|88|18|21|W|name=Fabyan Mill}}

| Smock

| 1915

| Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.

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Glen Ellyn Mill

| Glen Ellyn

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| Burnt down prior to 1855.{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Glenellyn |title=(Unnamed Windmill) |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Prairie Mills

| Golden
{{coord|40|6|22.2|N|91|0|56|W|name=Prairie Mills}}

| Smock

| 1873{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenwindmill.org/ |title=The Prairie Mills Windmill |publisher=Golden Historical Society |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Open and operational

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Franzen's Old Mill

| Golden

| Smock

| 1854{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Golden1 |title=Custom Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Demolished 1934

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Gronewold Mill

| Golden

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| 1865{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Golden2 |title=Gronewold Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Franzen Brothers Mill

| Gridley

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| 1872

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Rinn Mill
Holland Mill

| Hampshire

| Smock

| 1875{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Hampshire |title=Rinn Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| 1883

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Swearingen Windmill

| Industry

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|1927-1930?{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9NC3_Swearingen_Windmill_Industry_Illinois|title=Swearingen Windmill, Industry, Illinois}}

| Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.

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Jesuit Mill

| Kaskaskia

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| 1711{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Kaskaskia |title=Jesuit Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Milburn Mill

| Kentucky

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| Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Grandview |title=Milburn Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Lake Zurich Mill

| Lake Zurich

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| 1850s{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Lakezurich |title=(Unnamed Windmill) |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Demolished in 1858

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Matteson Mill

| Matteson

| Smock

| 1870s{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Matteson |title=(Unnamed Windmill) |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Schroeder Mill
Monee Mill

| Monee

| Smock

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| Standing in 1910{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Monee |title=Schroeder Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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Sauer Mill

| Nebraska Township

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| 1869{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Gridley |title=Franzen Brothers Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Moved to Gridley 1872

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Jahnke Mill

| Palatine

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| 1879{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Palatine |title=Jahnke Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Standing in 1894

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Du Sable Mill

| Peoria

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| 1691{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Peoria1 |title=Du Sable Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003083055/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Peoria1 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| Standing in 1773

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Maillet Mill

| Peoria

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| 1778{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Peoria2 |title=Maillet Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003083108/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Peoria2 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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Peotone Mill

| Peotone
{{coord|41|19|55|N|87|47|49|W|name=Peotone Mill}}

| Smock

| 1872

| Closed, awaiting restoration

| 150px

Brand Mill

| Polo

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| 1850s

| Damaged by a tornado, date unknown{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Polo |title=Brand Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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St Joseph Mill{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Stjoseph |title=(Unnamed Windmill) |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}| St Joseph

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Brockman Mill
Des Plaines Mill
Park Ridge Mill
Old Dutch Mill

| Schiller Park

| Smock

| 1870{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Schillerpark |title=Brockman Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003083204/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Schillerpark |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| Demolished 1920s

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Somonauk Mill{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Somonauk |title=(Unnamed Windmill) |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003083403/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Somonauk |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| Somonauk

| Smock

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Bartels Mill
Old Mill
New Bremen Mill

| Tinley Park

| Smock

| 1873{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Tinleypark |title=Bartels Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Demolished 1911

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Phillipe Mill{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Urbana |title=Phillipe Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

| Urbana

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Old Mill Farm Mill{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Winnetka |title=Old Mill Farm Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003083508/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Winnetka |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| Winnetka

| Smock

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| York Township

| Smock

| 1875{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Fabyan |title=Fabyan Windmill |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716000655/http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/Fabyan |archive-date=16 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}

| Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915

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| Unknown location

| Smock{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoiswindmills.org/index_files/unknown1 |title=(Unnamed Windmill) |publisher=Illinois Windmills |access-date=20 July 2009}}

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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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