List of windmills in Illinois
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 |
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 |
Smock | 2000 | Open and operational | |
| Fabyan Mill | Geneva 41°52′17″N 88°18′21″W / 41.87139°N 88.30583°W |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||
