List of windmills in Illinois

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

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Addison	Heidemann Mill Old Mill	Smock	1868[1]	Burnt down 1958[1]
Barrington	Siedhoff Mill Old Dutch Mill Barrington Roller Flour Mill		1867[2]	Burnt down 5 August 1884[2]
Beecher	Depner Mill[3]
Bensenville	Franzen Mill Old Flax Mill		1850[4]
Benson	Schmidt Brothers Mill Benson Mill	Smock	1872[5]
Bishop Hill	Jansonnist Mill		1848[6]
Bloomingdale	Holstein Mill	Smock	1872[7]	Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.[7]
Bloomington	Gridley & Covel Mill[8]
Broadview	Jung Mill	Smock	1884[9]	Standing 1884[9]
Burnt Prairie	Clark Mill		1837[10]	Standing 1837[10]
Chicago	Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition	Smock	1893[11]
Chicago	Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition	Smock	1893	Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top[11]
Chicago	Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition	Tower	1933[12]	1934[12]
Chicago	Mates Mill, Haymarket			Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.[13]
Chicago	Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave			Demolished 1910.[13]
Chicago	Vanden Berg Mill[14]
Chicago	McKay Mill		1851[15]	Standing 1851.[15]
Des Plaines	Jefferson Mill		1841[16]
Elmhurst	Fischer Mill Old Dutch Mill Mount Emblem Cemetery Mill Ehlers' Mill 41°55′46″N 87°55′24″W / 41.92944°N 87.92333°W / 41.92944; -87.92333	Smock	1867[17]	Closed to the public
Fort de Chartres	Lalande Mill		1731[18]
Franklin Grove	Lahman Mill	Smock	1874[19]	Demolished 1900[19]
Fulton	De Immigrant 41°52′2″N 90°10′7″W / 41.86722°N 90.16861°W / 41.86722; -90.16861	Smock	2000[20]	Open and operational
Geneva	Fabyan Mill 41°52′17″N 88°18′21″W / 41.87139°N 88.30583°W / 41.87139; -88.30583	Smock	1915[21]	Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.[21]
Glen Ellyn	Glen Ellyn Mill			Burnt down prior to 1855.[22]
Golden	40°6′22.2″N 91°0′56″W / 40.106167°N 91.01556°W / 40.106167; -91.01556	Smock	1873[23]	Open and operational
Golden	Franzen's Old Mill	Smock	1854[24]	Demolished 1934[24]
Golden	Gronewold Mill		1865[25]
Gridley	Franzen Brothers Mill		1872[26]
Hampshire	Rinn Mill Holland Mill	Smock	1875[27]	1883[27]
Industry	Swearingen Windmill		1927-1930?[28]	Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.
Kaskaskia	Jesuit Mill		1711[29]
	Milburn Mill			Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789[30]
Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich Mill		1850s[31]	Demolished in 1858[31]
Matteson	Matteson Mill	Smock	1870s[32]
Monee	Schroeder Mill Monee Mill	Smock		Standing in 1910[33]
Nebraska Township	Sauer Mill		1869[26]	Moved to Gridley 1872[26]
Palatine	Jahnke Mill		1879[34]	Standing in 1894[34]
Peoria	Du Sable Mill		1691[35]	Standing in 1773[35]
Peoria	Maillet Mill		1778[36]
Peotone	Peotone Mill 41°19′55″N 87°47′49″W / 41.33194°N 87.79694°W / 41.33194; -87.79694	Smock	1872	Closed, awaiting restoration
Polo	Brand Mill		1850s[37]	Damaged by a tornado, date unknown[37]
St Joseph	St Joseph Mill[38]
Schiller Park	Brockman Mill Des Plaines Mill Park Ridge Mill Old Dutch Mill	Smock	1870[39]	Demolished 1920s[39]
Somonauk	Somonauk Mill[40]	Smock
Tinley Park	Bartels Mill Old Mill New Bremen Mill	Smock	1873[41]	Demolished 1911[41]
Urbana	Phillipe Mill[42]
Winnetka	Old Mill Farm Mill[43]	Smock
York Township		Smock	1875[21]	Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915[21]
Unknown location		Smock[44]

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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