List of windmills in New York
Appearance
This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of New York.
Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
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Amagansett | Amagansett Mill | Smock | 1815[1] | Moved within Amagansett 1829.[2] | |
Amagansett | Amagansett Mill | Smock | 1829[3] | Burnt down 1924.[4] | |
Amagansett | Amagansett Mill | Smock | |||
West Babylon, Long Island, NY. | Bulk's Garden Center Windmill | Smock | 1929[5] | Demolished in 1983. | 1930's picture of Bulk's Windmill 1955 picture |
Bay Shore | Conover Mill | Smock | 1880[6] | ||
Bridgehampton | Beebe Mill | Smock | 1830s | Moved within Bridgehampton 1889 | |
Bridgehampton | Beebe Mill | Smock | 1889 | Moved within Bridgehampton 1915 | |
Bridgehampton | Beebe Mill 40°56′03″N 72°18′05″W / 40.93417°N 72.30139°W |
Smock | 1915 | ![]() | |
East Hampton | Gardiners Island Mill | Smock | 1771[7] | Moved within East Hampton 23 May 1795.[8] | |
East Hampton | Gardiners Island Mill 41°05′28″N 72°06′40″W / 41.09111°N 72.11111°W |
Smock | 1795 | ![]() | |
East Hampton | Hayground Mill | 1801 | Moved within East Hampton 1950.[9] | ||
East Hampton | Hayground Mill | 1950[10] | Moved to the dunes Windmill Ln | ![]() | |
East Hampton | Hook Mill 40°57′56″N 72°11′02″W / 40.96556°N 72.18389°W |
Smock | 1806 | ![]() | |
East Hampton | Wainscott Mill 40°56′01″N 72°14′16″W / 40.93361°N 72.23778°W |
Smock | 1940[11] | ![]() | |
East Hampton | Hunting Miller's Mill -(Pantigo) Mill hill site of prev 1771 mill | Smock | Built 1804[12] | Moved within East Hampton, 1850,1917.[13] | |
East Hampton | Schellinger Mill-'Pantigo' moved to Pantigo and Egypt Ln | Smock | 1850[14] | Moved within East Hampton 1850,1917.[15] | |
East Hampton | Mulford Farm Mill (Pantigo) moved fm Pantigo rd to Mulford[16] | Smock | 1917[17] | Mulford Homestead museum 1771 weathervane | ![]() |
East Hampton | Pantigo Mill | Smock | 1804[18] | Pantigo Windmill - 1771 weathervane | ![]() |
Glen Island | Orient Mill | Smock | 1910[19] | ||
Hampton Bays | Good Ground Mill | Smock | 1860[20] | Moved to Southampton 1890.[21] | |
Hempstead | Hofstra Mill | Smock | 1903[22] | ||
Hewlett | Hewlett Mill | Smock | 1791[23] | ||
Huntington | Sammis Mill | Vertical axle mill | 1825[24] | ||
Morris Island | (two mills)[1] | ||||
Morristown | McConnell's Mill Stone Mill 44°35′22″N 75°38′42″W / 44.58944°N 75.64500°W |
1825 | |||
Napoli | Gladden Mill 42°14′07″N 78°53′44″W / 42.23528°N 78.89556°W |
1890 | |||
Oakdale | Bourne Windmill.[2] | Tower | 1911[25] | Demolished 2004-2005 | ![]() |
Orient | Orient Mill | Smock | 1810[26] | Moved to Glen Island 1910.[27] | |
Sag Harbor | Beebe Mill | Smock | 1820 | Moved to Bridgehampton 1830s | ![]() |
Sag Harbor | Corwith Mill - Built at Hog Neck 1799 | Smock | 1800[28] | Moved to Water Mill 1814.[29] | ![]() |
Water Mill | Corwith Mill | Smock | 1814[30] | Moved to Water Mill 1814 | ![]() |
Water Mill | Water Mill Windmill 40°54′34″N 72°21′15″W / 40.90944°N 72.35417°W |
1800 | Moved to Water Mill 1814 triangle at Villa Maria | ![]() | |
Shelter Island | Shelter Island Mill 41°04′33″N 72°20′08″W / 41.07583°N 72.33556°W |
1810 | |||
Shelter Island | Good Ground Mill | Smock | 1807[31] | Moved to Hampton Bays 1860[32] | |
Shelter Island | Sylvester's Mill | Smock | 1839[33] | ||
Southampton | Burnt down prior to 1813[34] | ||||
Southampton | Smock | 1813[35] | Moved to Wainscott 1840.[36] | ||
Southampton | Good Ground Mill | Smock | 1890[37] | ||
Southampton | Windmill Lane Mill | Smock | 1712[38] | Moved to Mill Hill, Southampton 1890.[39] | |
Southampton | Mill Hill Mill, Southampton College | Smock | 1890[40] | ![]() | |
Southampton | Shinnecock Hills Mill | Smock | 1916[41] | ||
Southold | Mill Hill Mill | Smock | 1810[42] | Moved to Shelter Island 1839.[43] | |
St. James | Butler Windmill | Tower | 1894[3] | 150 foot high tower | |
Wainscott | Wainscott Mill | Smock | 1840[44] | Built 1813, moved to Montauk, Moved to East Hampton 1940[45] | ![]() |
Notes
Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date. Iron windpumps are outside the scope of this list unless listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources
^1 Leeds, Gerald A, and Pulling, Anne Francis (1999). Windmills and Water Mills of Long Island. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-0288-X.{{cite book}}
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References
- ^ Mock Mill, never a working windmill
- ^ Some Recent Farm Buildings, Estate of Commodore Frederick Bourne, Architectural Forum, volume 30, no. 3, page 74-76
- ^ A Very High Windmill, Scientific American, weekly, April 7, 1894; vol. LXX, no.14, page 217