List of windmills in Illinois


This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Illinois.
LocationName of mill
and coordinates		TypeBuiltNotesPhotograph
AddisonHeidemann Mill
Old Mill		Smock1868Burnt down 1958
BarringtonSiedhoff Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Barrington Roller Flour Mill		1867Burnt down 5 August 1884
BeecherDepner Mill
BensenvilleFranzen Mill
Old Flax Mill		1850
BensonSchmidt Brothers Mill
Benson Mill		Smock1872
Bishop HillJansonnist Mill1848
BloomingdaleHolstein MillSmock1872Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.
BloomingtonGridley & Covel Mill
BroadviewJung MillSmock1884Standing 1884
Burnt PrairieClark Mill1837Standing 1837
ChicagoBlooker Mill, World's Columbian ExhibitionSmock1893
ChicagoDerelict mill, Worlds Columbian ExhibitionSmock1893Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top
ChicagoOld Dutch Mill, Century of Progress ExhibitionTower19331934
ChicagoMates Mill, HaymarketMoved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.
ChicagoGray Mill, Milwaukee AveDemolished 1910.
ChicagoVanden Berg Mill
ChicagoMcKay Mill1851Standing 1851.
Des PlainesJefferson Mill1841
ElmhurstFischer Mill
Old Dutch Mill
Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill
Ehlers' Mill
Smock1867Closed to the public
Fort de ChartresLalande Mill1731
Franklin GroveLahman MillSmock1874Demolished 1900
FultonDe Immigrant
Smock2000Open and operational
GenevaFabyan Mill
Smock1915Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.
Glen EllynGlen Ellyn MillBurnt down prior to 1855.
GoldenPrairie Mills
Smock1873Open and operational
GoldenFranzen's Old MillSmock1854Demolished 1934
GoldenGronewold Mill1865
GridleyFranzen Brothers Mill1872
HampshireRinn Mill
Holland Mill		Smock18751883
IndustrySwearingen Windmill1927-1930?Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.
KaskaskiaJesuit Mill1711
KentuckyMilburn MillWrecked by a storm prior to 1789
Lake ZurichLake Zurich Mill1850sDemolished in 1858
MattesonMatteson MillSmock1870s
MoneeSchroeder Mill
Monee Mill		SmockStanding in 1910
Nebraska TownshipSauer Mill1869Moved to Gridley 1872
PalatineJahnke Mill1879Standing in 1894
PeoriaDu Sable Mill1691Standing in 1773
PeoriaMaillet Mill1778
PeotonePeotone Mill
Smock1872Closed, awaiting restoration
PoloBrand Mill1850sDamaged by a tornado, date unknown
St JosephSt Joseph Mill
Schiller ParkBrockman Mill
Des Plaines Mill
Park Ridge Mill
Old Dutch Mill		Smock1870Demolished 1920s
SomonaukSomonauk MillSmock
Tinley ParkBartels Mill
Old Mill
New Bremen Mill		Smock1873Demolished 1911
UrbanaPhillipe Mill
WinnetkaOld Mill Farm MillSmock-
York TownshipSmock1875Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915
Unknown locationSmock