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[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]