List of windmills in Illinois facts for kids

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	Burnt down 1958
Barrington	Siedhoff Mill Old Dutch Mill Barrington Roller Flour Mill		1867	Burnt down 5 August 1884
Beecher	Depner Mill
Bensenville	Franzen Mill Old Flax Mill		1850
Benson	Schmidt Brothers Mill Benson Mill	Smock	1872
Bishop Hill	Jansonnist Mill		1848
Bloomingdale	Holstein Mill	Smock	1872	Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.
Bloomington	Gridley & Covel Mill
Broadview	Jung Mill	Smock	1884	Standing 1884
Burnt Prairie	Clark Mill		1837	Standing 1837
Chicago	Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition	Smock	1893
Chicago	Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition	Smock	1893	Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top
Chicago	Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition	Tower	1933	1934
Chicago	Mates Mill, Haymarket			Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.
Chicago	Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave			Demolished 1910.
Chicago	Vanden Berg Mill
Chicago	McKay Mill		1851	Standing 1851.
Des Plaines	Jefferson Mill		1841
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	Closed to the public
Fort de Chartres	Lalande Mill		1731
Franklin Grove	Lahman Mill	Smock	1874	Demolished 1900
Fulton	De Immigrant 41°52′2″N 90°10′7″W / 41.86722°N 90.16861°W / 41.86722; -90.16861	Smock	2000	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	Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.
Glen Ellyn	Glen Ellyn Mill			Burnt down prior to 1855.
Golden	Prairie Mills 40°6′22.2″N 91°0′56″W / 40.106167°N 91.01556°W / 40.106167; -91.01556	Smock	1873	Open and operational
Golden	Franzen's Old Mill	Smock	1854	Demolished 1934
Golden	Gronewold Mill		1865
Gridley	Franzen Brothers Mill		1872
Hampshire	Rinn Mill Holland Mill	Smock	1875	1883
Industry	Swearingen Windmill		1927-1930?	Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.
Kaskaskia	Jesuit Mill		1711
Kentucky	Milburn Mill			Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789
Lake Zurich	Lake Zurich Mill		1850s	Demolished in 1858
Matteson	Matteson Mill	Smock	1870s
Monee	Schroeder Mill Monee Mill	Smock		Standing in 1910
Nebraska Township	Sauer Mill		1869	Moved to Gridley 1872
Palatine	Jahnke Mill		1879	Standing in 1894
Peoria	Du Sable Mill		1691	Standing in 1773
Peoria	Maillet Mill		1778
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	Damaged by a tornado, date unknown
St Joseph	St Joseph Mill
Schiller Park	Brockman Mill Des Plaines Mill Park Ridge Mill Old Dutch Mill	Smock	1870	Demolished 1920s
Somonauk	Somonauk Mill	Smock
Tinley Park	Bartels Mill Old Mill New Bremen Mill	Smock	1873	Demolished 1911
Urbana	Phillipe Mill
Winnetka	Old Mill Farm Mill	Smock
York Township		Smock	1875	Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915
Unknown location		Smock

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.