List of windmills in Massachusetts

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

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Mills

Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location	Name of mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Barnstable			1687
Barnstable			1785[1]
Beverly	Chipman's Tannery	Vertical axis mill	1795[2]
Bourne	Joe Jefferson's Mill	Smock	1889[3]	Moved within Bourne, 1971
Bourne 41.74104°N 70.60430°W / 41.74104; -70.60430 (Aptucxet Trading Post Museum)	Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Mill	Smock	1971	Windmill World Replica
Boston	Copp's Mill		1632[4]	Standing 1659[5]
Boston	Copp's Hill Mill	Smock		Moved to Salem, 1773[6]
Boston	Windmill Point		1636[7]
Boston	Windmill Point (2nd mill)		1650[8]
Boston	Windmill Point (3rd mill)		1650[9]	1822[10]
Boston	Windmill Point (4th mill)		1650[11]	1824[12]
Boston	Windmill Point (5th mill?)	Tower	1833[13]
Boston	Widow Tuthill's Mill		1642[14]
Boston	South Mill		1643[15]	1644[16]
Boston	Windmill Hill		1636[17]
Brewster	Ellis Landing Road Mill	Smock	1795	Moved within Brewster unknown date[18]
Brewster		Smock	1845[19]	Moved within Brewster 1890[20]
Brewster		Smock	1890[21]	Moved within Brewster 1974[22]
Brewster	Old Higgins Farm Mill 41°45′08″N 70°07′16″W	Smock	1974[23]	Windmill World
Brewster	Golf course			Windmill World
Brockton			1781[24]
Brockton	West Falmouth Mill	Smock	1922[25]	Burned down, unknown date[26]
Buzzards Bay	Beach House Mill	Smock		Windmill World
Cataumet	Red Brook Mill	Smock	1853[27]	Moved within Cataumet 1850s[28]
Cataumet	Red Brook Mill	Smock	1850s[29]	Moved within Cataumet 1905[30]
Cataumet	Red Brook Mill	Smock	1905[31]
Cataumet	Rothery Mill	Smock	1900[32]
Cataumet	Rothery Mill (2nd mill)	Smock	Early 1900s[33]
Chatham	Chatham Windmill 41°40′34″N 69°57′33″W	1797		Windmill World
Chatham		Smock	1820[34]	Moved within Chatham 1911[35]
Chatham	Sur Mer Mill	Smock	1911[36]	Windmill World
Chatham	Chatham Bars Inn Mill	Smock	c. 1730[37]	Moved to South Orleans 1830[38]
Chatham	Benjamin Godfrey Mill, Mill Hill	Smock	1797[39]	Moved within Chatham 1956[40]
Chatham	Benjamin Godfrey Mill	Smock	1956[41]
Chatham	Dolphin Inn Mill	Smock	1980s[42]
Chatham	Robert Horne Mill	Smock	1920s[43]
Chilmark	Elmer Bliss Mill	Smock	1938
Dennis	Uncle Rufus Howes' Mill South Mill		Late 18th century[44]	Demolished 1874[45]
Dennis Port	Reuben Burgess Mill	Smock		Burned down unknown date, gone by 1885.[46]
East Dennis	Hatsel Kelly Mill		1775	Struck by lightning and burnt down 1869.[47]
Eastham			1660[48]
Eastham	Kaskaogansett Mill		1682[49]
Eastham	Eastham Mill	Smock	1793	Moved within Eastham, 1808
Eastham	Eastham Mill	Smock	1808	Windmill World
East Orleans	Old Mill	Smock	1800[50]	Moved to Sandwich 1819[51]
Edgartown	Town Mill[52]
Edgartown	(three other mills)[53]
Fairhaven	Macomber Mill	Smock	1821[54]	Moved to Cataumet 1853[55]
Falmouth	Old Emmon's Estate Mill			Windmill World
Fall River		Smock		Moved from Warren, Rhode Island. Moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island at unknown date.[56]
Fall River		smock		Moved from Bristol, Rhode Island. Moved to Tiverton, Rhode Island at unknown date.[57]
Fall River	Littlefield Mill	Smock	1815	Moved to Block Island, Rhode Island, unknown date. Gone by 1877[58]
Harwichport	SW side of South St	Smock	1792[59]	Moved to NE side of South St at unknown date[60]
Harwichport	NE side of South St	Smock		Moved to Wychmere Harbor 1890s[61]
Harwichport	Wychmere Harbor (north site)	Smock	1890s[62]	Moved within Wychmere Harbor 1900s[63]
Harwichport	Wychmere Harbour (south site)	Smock	1900s[64]	Moved a short distance (50 feet (15 m)) early 1940s[65]
Harwichport	John Smith Mill	Smock	Early 1940s[66]
Hyannisport	Jonathan Young Mill	Smock	1897	Moved to Orleans 1983 Windmill World Contradictory info: Originally constructed in 1798 and located at Kendrick's Hill, East Orleans, it was moved multiple times over its life, but at has been at this location since 1983. 33 Route 6A, Orleans, MA.
Hyannisport	Landmark Tower, Holbrook Tower "Windmill", Hyannisport "Lighthouse", “Salt Shaker”, water tower	Smock	1911[67]
Hyannisport	Wright Mill	Smock	c. 1900[68]
Ipswich	Windmill Hill Mill		1667[69]
Marblehead	Rhodes Hill Mill		1678[70]	1681[71]
Marblehead	Saltworks (two mills)		1804[72]	One blown down October 1804
Marblehead	Goodwin Mill		1819[73]
Marstons Mills	Cape Cod Airfield Mill	Smock	1950s[74]
Martha's Vineyard	Lothrop Merry's Mill Tisbury Mill	Smock	1815[75]	Moved within Martha's Vineyard 1842
Martha's Vineyard	Lothrop Merry's Mill Tisbury Mill	Smock	1842[76]	Moved with Martha's Vineyard 1888
Martha's Vineyard	Lothrop Merry's Mill Tisbury Mill	Smock	1888[77]
Martha's Vineyard	Timothy Chase Mill		18th century[78]	Collapsed 1818[79]
Martha's Vineyard	Tailer Mill	Post	1985[80]	Moved to Etzikom, Alberta, Canada 1995.
Nantucket	Frederick Macy Mill, Mill Hill	Post	1723[81]	Demolished 7 December 1837[82]
Nantucket	Mill Hill (2nd mill)	Post	1810[83]
Nantucket	Mill Hill (3rd mill)	Post	1810[84]
Nantucket	Mill Hill (4th mill)	Post	1810[85]
Nantucket	The Old Mill	Smock	1746	Nantucket Historical Association
Newbury			1703[86]	1774[87]
Newbury	Saltworks		c. 1784[88]
Orleans	Jonathan Young Mill	Smock	1839[89]	Moved to Hyannisport 1897. Windmill World
Orleans	Jonathan Young Mill	Smock	1983	Windmill World
Osterville	Le Petit Moulin	Smock	1950s[90]
Osterville	Oyster Harbours Mill	Smock	1925[91]
Plymouth	Plimoth Mill	Smock	1680	Moved to Truro, 1770
Provincetown	Salt works (six mills)[92]			Windmill World
Sagamore	Christmas Tree Shop Mill	Smock	1983[93]	At the eastern base of the Sagamore Bridge and attached to the Christmas Tree Shop
Salem	near the burial ground		1637[94]
Salem			1733[95]	1771[96]
Salem	East Street Bark Mill		1794ref name=New/>
Sandwich	Heritage Plantation Mill	Smock		Windmill World
Sandwich	Old Mill	Smock	1819[97]	Moved within Sandwich 1957[98]
Sandwich	Old Mill	Smock	1957[99]
South Chatham	Seth Bearse Mill		c. 1850[100]
South Dartmouth	Chase Mill	Smock	1924
South Dennis		Smock	1791	Moved to West Dennis
South Orleans	Captain Arey's Mill	Smock	1830[101]	Moved within South Orleans 1870[102]
South Orleans	Center Mill Captain Arey's Mill	Smock	1830[103]	Moved to Cataumet 1900[104]
South Orleans	East Mill[105]
South Orleans	Kenrick's Hill	Smock	Mid-18th century[106]	Moved to Orleans 1839[107]
South Yarmouth	Farris Mill	Smock	1750s[108]	Moved to Indian Town 1782[109]
South Yarmouth	Judah Baker Mill	Smock	1866	Moved within South Yarmouth, 1875[110]
South Yarmouth	Judah Baker Mill	Smock	1875[111]	Moved within South Yarmouth 1916[112]
South Yarmouth	Judah Baker Mill	Smock	1916[113]	Moved to Yarmouth 1953[114]
Swansea	Potter's Mill			Standing 1931[115]
Truro	near the Highland Light		1711[116]
Truro	Truro Mill	Smock	1770	Moved to Eastham, 1793
Truro	Castle Hill Mill	Smock
Truro	Truro Highlands Mill	Smock	Early 19th century[117]
Watertown				Moved to Boston 1632[118]
Wellfleet	David Baker Mill[119]
Wellfleet	Thomas Higgins Mill[120]
Wellfleet	Freeman's Mill[121]
Wellfleet	Samuel Chipman's Mill[122]
Wellfleet	Ryder Mill	Smock	1838[123]	Moved within Wellfleet 1870[124]
Wellfleet	Morning Glory Mill	Smock	1870[125]
Wellfleet	Wellfleet Harbor		1978[126]
West Dennis	Kelley's Pond Mill	Smock		Moved to South Yarmouth 1866[127]
West Falmouth	Bowerman Mill	Smock	1787[128]	Moved to Brockton, 1922[129]
West Harwich		Smock		Moved to Cataumet early 1900s[130]
West Harwich	The Windmill House Mill	Smock	1920s[131]
West Yarmouth	Farris Mill	Smock	1782[132]	Moved to Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan 1935[133]
Yarmouth	Sautucket Mill		1661[134]
Yarmouth			c. 1687[135]
Yarmouth	Judah Baker Mill	Smock	1953[136]	Windmill World
Yarmouth			1766[137]	Moved to East Dennis 1775[138]
unknown location (north side of Cape Cod)		Smock	Mid-17th century[139]	Moved to South Yarmouth 1750s

Sources

• Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1.