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Vanden Berg Windmill

111th St and State St
Roseland
Chicago, IL 60628

Status

Destroyed.

 

Owner

Al Vanden Berg (? - ?)

History of the Mill

 

Only known history: “The windmill of Al Vanden Berg at 111th and State streets stood ready to grind grain for many years.”

Sources

 

  • Swierenga, Robert P.  Dutch Chicago: A History of the Hollanders in the Windy City.  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002.

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