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This is a list of windmills in the American state of New York.

Windmills

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

Locations whose coordinates are included below may be seen together in "Map all coordinates using OpenSourceMap" at right side of this page.

Windmill Location Type Built Notes Photograph
Hayground Windmill Amagansett
40°57′19″N 72°09′56″W / 40.95514°N 72.16551°W / 40.95514; -72.16551 (Hayground Windmill)
Smock 1815 Moved within Amagansett 1829.[1]
Amagansett Mill Amagansett Smock 1829[2] Burnt down 1924.[3]
Quail Hill Farms Cottage Mill Amagansett
40°59′10.1″N 72°08′13.1″W / 40.986139°N 72.136972°W / 40.986139; -72.136972 (Quail Hill Farms Cottage Mill)
Smock 1810[4] Cottage with mill workings removed - New England style smock windmill built into Marilyn Monroe’s/Arthur Miller's Amagansett cottage hideaway, Built in the 1820s, it was converted into a cottage in 1950 by Samuel Rubin, Fabergé perfume mogul.[1] Other famous tenants include Ralph Lauren, Terence Stamp and Kurt Vonnegut. Also known as Deep Lane cottage.[2]
Amagansett Mill Reform Inn Replica[3] Amagansett
40°58′27.9″N 72°08′40.4″W / 40.974417°N 72.144556°W / 40.974417; -72.144556 (Reform Inn Replica)
Smock 1925 Mock mill, copy of Amagansett mill which burned the year before.
Vanderveer Windmill Farm Mill[4] Vlacke Bos
40°38′36.1″N 73°57′07.1″W / 40.643361°N 73.951972°W / 40.643361; -73.951972 (Vanderveer Windmill)
Tower 1805 Destroyed by fire March 4, 1879. 28 ft tall- Stone foundation 3', with beams 28'x2.5' remained in place on Flatbush farm for 75 years, built by John C. Vanderveer to grind grist, the sails were blown off in 1821 and again in 1831 and were not replaced. Used to store grain afterwards, was full of hay when it burnt down.
West Babylon Windmill replica West Babylon, Long Island, NY.
40°42′15.5″N 73°20′40.3″W / 40.704306°N 73.344528°W / 40.704306; -73.344528 (West Babylon Windmill replica)
Smock 1984[5] Village green replica. West Babylon was originally a horticultural farm for tulips, the windmill at Route 109 and Little East Neck rd is a contributing property on the NRHP for the Little East Neck Historic District.
Bulk's Garden Center Windmill West Babylon, Long Island, NY. Smock 1929[6] Demolished in 1983. 1930s picture of Bulk's Windmill 1955 picture
Conover Mill Bay Shore Smock 1880[7]
Dix Windmill Westhampton Beach 40°48'26.1"N 72°38'44.3"W Smock 1870[8] Built into a summer mansion for pumping water (residential), moved to great lawn 2023
Beebe Mill Bridgehampton Smock 1830s Moved within Bridgehampton 1889
Beebe Mill Bridgehampton
40°56′03″N 72°18′05″W / 40.93417°N 72.30139°W / 40.93417; -72.30139 (Beebe Mill)
Smock 1915 HAER NY-67
Sag Harbor Visitor's Center Windmill replica Sag Harbor
41°00′10.1″N 72°17′45.7″W / 41.002806°N 72.296028°W / 41.002806; -72.296028 (Sag Harbor Visitor's Center Windmill replica)
Smock 1966 The Sag Harbor Convention and Visiters Center is a replica of the Beebe Mill, on Long Wharf at 1 Ferry Rd. The spot is 50' east the site of the original mill on Long Wharf. Long Wharf- Sag Harbor visitors center 20201003
Edwin DeRose Windmill Cottage East Hampton
40°57′49.2″N 72°11′32.1″W / 40.963667°N 72.192250°W / 40.963667; -72.192250 (Edwin DeRose Windmill Cottage)
Smock 1926 Replica of a smock mill built into a large cottage.[5]
Gardiners Island Mill East Hampton Smock 1771[9] Moved on Gardiner's Island 23 May 1795.[10] Gardiner wrote in his Journal & Farm Book that his old gristmill which he called the "Petticoat" was "crazy & gone to Decay: very little care taken of her in the war from 1775 to 1782. He was 25 in 1795.
Gardiners Island Mill East Hampton
41°05′28″N 72°06′40″W / 41.09111°N 72.11111°W / 41.09111; -72.11111 (Gardiners Island Mill)
Smock 1795 (HAER) No. NY-125- When finished in 1795, the mill was painted white to serve as a navigational landmark for the nearby wharf. It was refurbished in 1816 by N.Dominy V and crew. Further repairs were done by V in 1828 and 1833. The windmill was last used and repaired in 1889[6]
John Lyon Gardiner Mill East Hampton
40°57′18″N 72°11′32″W / 40.95501°N 72.19214°W / 40.95501; -72.19214 (John Lyon Gardiner Mill)
Smock 1804 Still at original loc opposite Lyon Gardiners grave and village pond on James Lane. Saltbox cottage was rebuilt 2015.
Hayground Mill Haye Ground 1801 171 Hayground Road, Bridgehampton, NY 11932. Moved within East Hampton to Pantigo beach estate 1950.[11]
Hayground Mill East Hampton
40°57′18.6″N 72°09′55.8″W / 40.955167°N 72.165500°W / 40.955167; -72.165500 (Hayground Mill)
1950[12] Moved to the dunes Windmill Ln
Odd Fellows Windmill Hollis, Queens
40°42′17.3″N 73°45′44.2″W / 40.704806°N 73.762278°W / 40.704806; -73.762278 (Odd Fellows Windmill)
Tower mill 1892 194th St, Hollis, NY 11912. Built to fill two holding tank for plumbing at the Odd Fellows Aged home and later orphanage. Removed from service 1959, demolished 2004
Hook Mill East Hampton
40°57′56″N 72°11′02″W / 40.96556°N 72.18389°W / 40.96556; -72.18389 (Hook Mill)
Smock 1806 Fully restored mill by Nathaniel Dominy V
Wainscott Mill East Hampton
40°56′01″N 72°14′16″W / 40.93361°N 72.23778°W / 40.93361; -72.23778 (Wainscott Mill)
Smock 1940[13] HAER NY-144
Hunting Miller's Mill -(Pantigo) Mill hill site of prev 1771 mill East Hampton Smock Built 1804[14] Moved within East Hampton, 1850,1917. Originally Southampton Mill Hill II. [15]
Schellinger Mill-'Pantigo' moved to Pantigo and Egypt Ln East Hampton Smock 1850[16] Moved within East Hampton 1850,1917.[17]
Mulford Farm Mill (Pantigo) moved fm Pantigo rd to Mulford[18] East Hampton Smock 1917[19] Mulford Homestead museum 1771 weathervane
Pantigo Mill East Hampton
40°57′24.0″N 72°11′26.7″W / 40.956667°N 72.190750°W / 40.956667; -72.190750 (Pantigo Mill)
Smock 1804[20] Pantigo Windmill - 1771 weathervane
Southold Mills Glen Island Smock 1810[21] Orient mill VI. by Dominy V. Moved by J. Starin in 1898 to his theme park, off New Rochelle, burned down a year later
Good Ground Mill Hampton Bays Smock 1807[22] This smock windmill, built by Dominy V. in 1807 on Shelter Island, served the island until it was moved to Good Ground in the 1860s. From the 1860s until 1880 the mill was in operation at Good Ground. In 1880, the Good Ground Windmill was moved to the village of Southampton and built into a seaside cottage.[23]
Peconic Windmill Southold
41°03′16.7″N 72°28′28.5″W / 41.054639°N 72.474583°W / 41.054639; -72.474583 (Peconic mill)
Smock 1840 the Goldsmith Inlet Grist Mill was built as a tidal mill at the inlet on the North Fork of Long Island, New York Windmill added 1870, 1898 Blizzard destroyed the windmill, the water mill operated for 5 more years, then abandoned. Razed 1906[24]
Hofstra Mill Hempstead Smock 1903[25]
Hewlett Mill Hewlett Smock 1791[26]
Sammis Mill Huntington Vertical axle mill 1825[27]
Norman Levy Park windmill Freeport
40°38′52.3″N 73°33′47.6″W / 40.647861°N 73.563222°W / 40.647861; -73.563222 (Norman Levy Park windmill)
Spider legged Windmill 2000[28] The windmill is atop a former landfill, it is used by 2 man-made ponds to provide circulation of fresh-water for a wildlife habitat.
Arthur W. B. Wood House & Mill Replica Montauk
41°03′17.8″N 71°56′31.1″W / 41.054944°N 71.941972°W / 41.054944; -71.941972 (Arthur W.B. Wood House & Mill Replica)
Smock 1928[29] The windmill is a replica built by Architect A.W.B. Wood along with the house. The house structure incorporates a three-story windmill which is decorative only. It is the only windmill house in Montauk.[7]
Bowerie Windmill(City Hall Park)[8] Nieuw Amsterdam
40°42′43.5276″N 74°0′27.9972″W / 40.712091000°N 74.007777000°W / 40.712091000; -74.007777000 (Beaver Trail Windmill)
Pole Mill 1663[30] Buyten de Landtpoort (Beyond the Land Gate)Dutch. Marker was in New York City, New York, in New York County. Marker was at the intersection of Broadway and Barclay Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway. Marker was on the fence at the southern end of City Hall Park [9] The windmill in City Hall Park was built by carpenters in 1663-64 and replaced an earlier one that was first erected before 1628 along the Beaver's Path at the tip of Manhattan. This windmill was located on the "common lands" outside the city limits and continued to grind flour after the English took control of Nieuw Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664.[10]
Beaver Trail Windmill(City Hall Park)[8] Nieuw Amsterdam
40°42′13.1″N 74°0′56.2″W / 40.703639°N 74.015611°W / 40.703639; -74.015611 (Beaver Trail Windmill)
Pole Mill 1628[31] Public Mill Fort George was in Neiuw Amsterdam. The windmill was first erected before 1628 next to the fort at the tip of Manhattan.[11]
(two mills)[12] Morris Island
McConnell's Mill
Stone Mill
Morristown
44°35′22″N 75°38′42″W / 44.58944°N 75.64500°W / 44.58944; -75.64500 (McConnell's Mill)
Stone 1825 It is the only windmill on the American side of the St. Lawrence Valley. NRHP
Gladden Mill Napoli
42°14′07″N 78°53′44″W / 42.23528°N 78.89556°W / 42.23528; -78.89556 (Gladden Mill)
1890 a vertical wind turbine built during the 19th century.NRHP listed in 1973, the windmill has been dismantled and moved to Conewango, New York.
Bourne Windmill.[13] Oakdale Tower 1911[32] An American farm design tower windmill, demolished 2004-2005
Orient windmills Orient Smock 1810[33] Moved to Glen Island 1898. See article for details[34]
Orient Point Windmill
Sagamore Hill windpump windmill Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay
40°53′08.2″N 73°30′01.2″W / 40.885611°N 73.500333°W / 40.885611; -73.500333 (Sagamore Hill (windpump) windmill)
Spider legged Windmill 1905[35] The windmill is a replica of 2 prior windmills Theodore Roosevelt had installed. The 1st was built when the house was constructed in 1881. A 2nd windmill, and a supplemental gasoline powered pump, replaced it in 1905. The mills were utilized to pump fresh water from the well, and the water was sent to a storage tank and to a hot water heater in the house. Despite being in a rural location, Sagamore Hill had the same facilities as most city houses, including a porcelain tub next to the main hall. Contributing property NRHP
Remsenburg Academy windmill Eastport
40°48′31.6″N 72°42′21.4″W / 40.808778°N 72.705944°W / 40.808778; -72.705944 (Remsenburg Academy windmill)
Spider legged Windmill 1925[36] The Spider legged Windmill is on an adjacent property, legs are covered.[14]
Remsenburg lodge windmill Eastport
40°48′31.4″N 72°43′19.2″W / 40.808722°N 72.722000°W / 40.808722; -72.722000 (Remsenburg lodge windmill)
Smock 1825[37] The windmill was converted into a laundry room for the salt water pool next to it.
Beebe Mill Sag Harbor Smock 1820 Moved to Bridgehampton 1830s, originally on the wharf, moved to Sherrill's hill on Suffolk street in Sag Harbor, it was the high point to signal when whaling ships were spotted, a flag was then displayed and the residents began converging on the wharf, it was moved 4 more times towards Bridgehampton, ending up on Ocean Lane. Considered the Queen of the Hamptons, Beebe sits on two acres in Bridgehampton.
Shelter Island Mill Shelter Island
41°04′33″N 72°20′08″W / 41.07583°N 72.33556°W / 41.07583; -72.33556 (Shelter Island Windmill)
1810 windmill built 1810 at Southold by Nathaniel Dominy V. He used parts from a previous mill. Moved to Shelter Island by barge.
Good Ground Mill Shelter Island Smock 1807[38] Moved to Hampton Bays 1860[39]
Sylvester's Mill Shelter Island Smock 1839[40] (HAER) No. NY-145[15] Moved in 1926 by Miss Cornelia Horsford to the grounds of Sylvester Manor.
Pole Southampton replaced by Mill Hill I Burnt down prior to 1813[41]
Southampton Smock 1813[42] Mill Hill II, Moved to Wainscott 1840.[43]
Good Ground Mill Southampton Smock 1890[44] The Good Ground Gristmill in Hampton Bays is a historic gristmill that was located on the corner of Montauk Highway and Ponquogue Avenue. Built on Shelter Island, New York in 1807, it was moved by barge to Good Ground in 1860.[16]
Windmill Lane Mill I Southampton Smock 1712[45] Moved from Mill Hill, to site next to Shinnecock GC Southampton 1890.[46]
Mill Hill Mill I, Southampton College Southampton Smock 1890[47] Arthur Brigham Claflin, a textile magnate, bought the mill from Mrs Hoyt, where it became a playroom for his daughter. She died after a fall in the mill and it's claimed she haunts it still.
Shinnecock Hills Mill Southampton
40°53′17.2″N 72°26′44.0″W / 40.888111°N 72.445556°W / 40.888111; -72.445556 (Shinnecock Hills Mill)
Smock 1814[48] Mill Hill Mill I was part of the Claflin Estate, after WWII the estate was sold and the windmill cottage became the Tucker Mill Inn resort.
National Links Mill Southampton
40°54′43.0″N 72°27′03.5″W / 40.911944°N 72.450972°W / 40.911944; -72.450972 (National Links Mill)
Smock 1916[49] Mill moved from Europe to National Golf Links between the 2nd & 16th holes. Installed by C.B. McDonald and billed to Daniel E. Pomeroy for complaining about an errant ball in a water barrel, and for suggesting a better use of the spot would be a windmill.[17]
Mill Hill I Southold Smock 1810[50] Moved to Shelter Island 1839.[51]
Mill Hill II Southold Smock 1806[52] Built at Brooklyn Hgts, moved to Paulus Hook, NJ 1812. moved to Southold 1839.[53]
Rutgers-lib-17777 JPEG-1-810x505
Butler Windmill St. James Tower 1894[18] 150 foot high tower, the Andrew J. Corcoran-designed spider legged windpump was built to be the strongest and highest in the world, the water was pumped to a reservoir a mile away to Prescott Hall Butler's estate. A.J.Corcoran Co. built windmills (See Bourne Windmill) and Butler was a NY Attourney. The Butler windpump brand added improvements to the technology of windpumps in 1897, 1898 and 1905[19]
Corwith Mill - Built at Hog Neck 1799 Sag Harbor Smock 1800[54] Moved to Water Mill 1814.[55]
Corwith Mill Water Mill Smock 1814[56] Moved to Water Mill 1814
Water Mill Windmill Water Mill
40°54′34″N 72°21′15″W / 40.90944°N 72.35417°W / 40.90944; -72.35417 (Water Mill Windmill)
1800 Moved to Water Mill 1814 triangle at Villa Maria
Wainscott Mill Wainscott Smock 1840[57] Built 1813 on Mill hill to replace mill burnt the prior year, (became Mill Hill II), 1841 purchased and moved next to Mill Hill I by owner Barney Green, who owned I & II, 1858 moved to Wainscott by Cornelius Conklin where it remained for 50 yrs, changed owners 2x, 1912 became the Wainscott Public Library. Lathrop Brown purchased the mill in 1922 and moved it to Montauk just west of the Lighthouse where it merged into a cottage,[20] the US Gov't took it in 1942 and Brown gave it to the Georgica Beach Assoc., They moved it to Georgica Pond in the 1940s.[21]

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