Mill Profiles

 

Click on a mill name from the list below.  Names are derived from their original owner or by popular title because many photographers, landowners, newspapers, and historians incorrectly refer to these structures simply as “old Dutch mills.” 

 

Surviving Windmills in Illinois (5 entries) - sorted by city.  Each entry has a profile with photos, history, operational status, official website links, and tourist information.
 

Destroyed Windmills in Illinois (50 entries) - sorted by city.  All entries have a profile, though information may be limited.
 

Other Surviving Mills in Illinois (3 entries) - sorted by city.  Includes water and animal-powered mills.
 

Surviving Windmills in the United States (59 entries) - sorted by state, then by city.  Only entries with photos have links to a profile with more information.

 

Each mill's construction (c), renovation (r), and/or destruction (d) dates are listed where available

Surviving Windmills in Illinois (5)
Other Surviving Mills in Illinois (3)
 

Fischer Windmill

Old Dutch Mill, Mount Emblem Mill, Ehlers' Mill

Elmhurst (Mount Emblem Cemetery)

c1867, r1926, r2015 - Open, non-operational.

De Immigrant

The Immigrant

Fulton

c2001 - Open and operational.

Fabyan Windmill

Old Holland Mill, Old Dutch Mill

Geneva (Fabyan Forest Preserve)

c1877, r1915, r2005 - Open and operational.

Prairie Mills

Golden Windmill

Golden

c1873, r2004 - Open and operational.

Peotone Windmill

Rathje Windmill

Peotone

c1872 - Open, non-operational.

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Heidemann Windmill

Heideman Mill, Old Mill

Addison

c1868, d1958

Fordham Windmill

Albion

Sims Windmill

Auburn

Siedhoff Windmill

Old Dutch Mill, Barrington Roller Mill

Barrington

c1867, d1884

Depner Windmill

Beecher

Tannehill Windmill

Belleville

Franzen Windmill

Old Flax Mill

Bensenville

c1850, d(?)

Schmidt Bros. Windmill

Benson Mill

Benson

c1872, d(?)

Janssonist Windmill

Bishop Hill

c1848, d(?)

Holstein Windmill

Bloomingdale

c1872, d1899

Gridley & Covel Windmill

Bloomington

Jung Windmill

Broadview

Clark Windmill

Burnt Prairie

1893 Columbian Exposition

Blooker Cocoa Mill and Wind Engine Display

Chicago

c1893, d1893

1934 Century of Progress

Dutch Windmill

Chicago

c1933, d1934

Gray Windmill

Chicago

Vanden Berg Windmill

Chicago

McKay Windmill

Chicago

Chicago Windmill

Chicago

Jefferson Windmill

Des Plaines Windmill

Des Plaines

c1841, d(?)

Lalande Windmill

Fort de Chartres

c1731, d(?)

Lahman Windmill

Franklin Grove

c1871, d1900

Glen Ellyn Windmill

Glen Ellyn

Custom Windmill

Emminga Windmill, Franzen's Old Mill

Golden

c1854, r1860, d1934

Gronewold Windmill

Golden

c1865, d(?)

Franzen Bros. Windmill

Gridley

c1869, r1872, d(?)

Rinn Windmill

Holland Mill

Hampshire

c1875, d(?)

Fontaine Windmill

Highland

c1858, d1910

Gerrish Windmill

Jerseyville

c1839, d1850

Jesuit Windmill

Kaskaskia

c1711, d(?)

Milburn Windmill

Kentucky

Lake Zurich Windmill

Lake Zurich

c1850s, d1858

Matteson Windmill

Matteson

Schroeder Windmill

Monee Mill

Monee

Jahnke Windmill

Palatine

c1879, d1894

DuSable Windmill

Peoria

c1691, d(?)

Maillet Windmill

Peoria

c1778, d(?)

Ward Windmill

Peoria

Brand Windmill

Polo

St. Joseph Windmill

St. Joseph

Conlee Windmill

Scales Mound

c1857, d(?)

Brockman Windmill

Des Plaines Mill, Park Ridge Mill, Old Dutch Mill

Schiller Park

c1870, d1930s

Sanders Windmill

Holland Grist Mill

Somonauk

c1876, d1893

Uptmor Windmill

Teutoplois

c1842, d1860

Bartels Windmill

Old Mill, New Bremen Mill

Tinley Park

c1873, d1911

Phillippe Windmill

Urbana

Waterloo Windmill

Waterloo

Old Mill Farm

Winnetka

Leiter Windmill

(unknown location)

(Unnamed Windmill)

(unknown location)

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Destroyed Windmills in Illinois (50)
 Surviving Windmills in the United States (59)

Franklin Creek Grist Mill

Franklin Grove

c1847, d1900, r1999 - Open and operational.

Graue Mill

Oak Brook

c1852, r1935, r2009, r2016 - Open and operational.