Glen Ellyn Windmill
Glen Ellyn, IL
Status
Destroyed by fire.
History of the Mill
Only known history: “A similar mill [to Fischer’s] once stood in Danby (Glen Ellyn) north of Pennsylvania Ave. in the middle of the block about where Glenwood Ave. would be if extended north...this was a grist-mill, well-patronized, destroyed by fire.” It was the first gristmill in town and dates before Danby was mapped in 1855.
Source
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Knoblauch, Marion. DuPage County: A Descriptive and Historical Guide. I. A. Ruby, 1948.