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

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

Notes

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Heidemann Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Siedhoff Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Depner Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Franzen Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Schmidt Brothers Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Jansonnist Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  7. ^ a b "Holstein Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Gridley & Covel Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Jung Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Clark Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  11. ^ a b "Windmills at the Columbian Exposition of 1893". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  12. ^ a b "Windmill at the Century of Progress Fair of 1934". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  13. ^ a b "Gray Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  14. ^ "Vanden Berg Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  15. ^ a b "McKay Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  16. ^ "Jefferson Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  17. ^ "Fischer Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  18. ^ "Lalande Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  19. ^ a b "Lahman Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  20. ^ "De Immigrant Windmill". City of Fulton, Illinois. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  21. ^ a b c d "Fabyan Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  22. ^ "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  23. ^ "The Prairie Mills Windmill". Golden Historical Society. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  24. ^ a b "Custom Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  25. ^ "Gronewold Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  26. ^ a b c "Franzen Brothers Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  27. ^ a b "Rinn Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  28. ^ "Swearingen Windmill, Industry, Illinois".
  29. ^ "Jesuit Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  30. ^ "Milburn Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  31. ^ a b "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  32. ^ "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  33. ^ "Schroeder Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  34. ^ a b "Jahnke Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  35. ^ a b "Du Sable Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  36. ^ "Maillet Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  37. ^ a b "Brand Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  38. ^ "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  39. ^ a b "Brockman Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  40. ^ "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  41. ^ a b "Bartels Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  42. ^ "Phillipe Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  43. ^ "Old Mill Farm Windmill". Illinois Windmills. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  44. ^ "(Unnamed Windmill)". Illinois Windmills. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
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