List of windmills in Illinois facts for kids

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

Windmills having coordinates below can be seen together in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right.

Windmill	Location	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Heidemann Mill Old Mill	Addison	Smock	1868	Burnt down 1958
Siedhoff Mill Old Dutch Mill Barrington Roller Flour Mill	Barrington		1867	Burnt down 5 August 1884
Depner Mill	Beecher
Franzen Mill Old Flax Mill	Bensenville		1850
Schmidt Brothers Mill Benson Mill	Benson	Smock	1872
Jansonnist Mill	Bishop Hill		1848
Holstein Mill	Bloomingdale	Smock	1872	Wrecked by tornado 1899, later demolished.
Gridley & Covel Mill	Bloomington
Jung Mill	Broadview	Smock	1884	Standing 1884
Clark Mill	Burnt Prairie		1837	Standing 1837
Blooker Mill, World's Columbian Exhibition	Chicago	Smock	1893
Derelict mill, Worlds Columbian Exhibition	Chicago	Smock	1893	Exhibited with an Aermotor windpump erected on top
Old Dutch Mill, Century of Progress Exhibition	Chicago	Tower	1933	1934
Mates Mill, Haymarket	Chicago			Moved at unknown date to Milwaukee Avenue.
Gray Mill, Milwaukee Ave	Chicago			Demolished 1910.
Vanden Berg Mill	Chicago
McKay Mill	Chicago		1851	Standing 1851.
Jefferson Mill	Des Plaines		1841
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	Closed to the public
Lalande Mill	Fort de Chartres		1731
Lahman Mill	Franklin Grove	Smock	1874	Demolished 1900
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	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	Tallest windmill in Illinois, open and operational.
Glen Ellyn Mill	Glen Ellyn			Burnt down prior to 1855.
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	Open and operational
Franzen's Old Mill	Golden	Smock	1854	Demolished 1934
Gronewold Mill	Golden		1865
Franzen Brothers Mill	Gridley		1872
Rinn Mill Holland Mill	Hampshire	Smock	1875	1883
Swearingen Windmill	Industry		1927-1930?	Never functional. Built as restaurant attraction in the late 1920s. Still standing.
Jesuit Mill	Kaskaskia		1711
Milburn Mill	Kentucky			Wrecked by a storm prior to 1789
Lake Zurich Mill	Lake Zurich		1850s	Demolished in 1858
Matteson Mill	Matteson	Smock	1870s
Schroeder Mill Monee Mill	Monee	Smock		Standing in 1910
Sauer Mill	Nebraska Township		1869	Moved to Gridley 1872
Jahnke Mill	Palatine		1879	Standing in 1894
Du Sable Mill	Peoria		1691	Standing in 1773
Maillet Mill	Peoria		1778
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	Damaged by a tornado, date unknown
St Joseph
Brockman Mill Des Plaines Mill Park Ridge Mill Old Dutch Mill	Schiller Park	Smock	1870	Demolished 1920s
Somonauk Mill	Somonauk	Smock
Bartels Mill Old Mill New Bremen Mill	Tinley Park	Smock	1873	Demolished 1911
Phillipe Mill	Urbana
Old Mill Farm Mill	Winnetka	Smock
	York Township	Smock	1875	Dismantled 1914, re-erected at Geneva 1915
	Unknown location	Smock