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Windmill
Middlebury, IN
 Windmill
Bloomingdale, IN
The Windmill in Middlebury is installed at Krider's World's Fair Gardens. It is a replica of the one that Krider Nurseries displayed at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.

The Windmill in Bloomingdale is located near the former Jungle Park Speedway which operated from 1926 until 1960. This building was constructed in 1926 and was used as a restaurant and Sinclair gas station. The building looks like it has been vacant for many years now. For more, see this website. [map]

More Indiana:
Holland Municipal Park (Holland)

Windmill
Hutchinson, KS

2010:
2023:
This Windmill was built in 1939 as the entrance for the Dutch Mill bar. When a new bar building was built next door, this building was used as a liquor store. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the windmill was moved a couple of miles to its current location. I'm told that it was still used as a liquor store then. Since 2011, the building has housed Cilla's Windmill Salon. [map]

Old Dutch Mill
Smith Center, KS		 windmill
Wichita, KS
The Old Dutch Mill was built in Reamsville, KS by Charles Schwarz around 1879. It was used to grind corn, wheat and other grain. The blades had sailcloth originally. It was moved here to Wagner Park in Smith Center in 1938. In 1955, the windmill was damaged by a fire and rebuilt. [map]

The windmill in Wichita was installed in front of Borst Nursery. The business is gone but the windmill remains. [map]

Old Dutch Mill
Wamego, KS		 Friesen Dutch windmill
Hillsboro, KS
The Old Dutch Mill was built in 1879 by Dutch immigrant John Schonoff on his farm north of Wamego. In 1924, it was moved to the Wamego City Park. For more, see this website. [map]

The Friesen Dutch windmill was built in 1876 by Jacob Friesen as a functioning gristmill. This replica was built in 1994. [map]

More Kansas:
The Old Mill (Topeka) [vintage; gone]

Little Dutch Mill
Griderville, KY
The Little Dutch Mill functioned as a gas station and restaurant. It was built by at least the early 1950s. I don't believe that there were motel rooms. Another location with the same owner in Glasgow, KY offered gas, food, and lodging. There was a similar main windmill with mini windmill-shaped cabins. There may have been a third location. These photos are from 2007. By 2013, the windmill's blades were gone. For more, see this website. [map]

More Kentucky:
Windmill Gas Station (Frankfort) [vintage; gone]

Aptucxet Windmill
Bourne, MA		 Windmill
Eastham, MA		 Windmill Square
Marstons Mills, MA		 Windmill Plaza
West Dennis, MA
The Aptucxet Windmill was built in the late 1800s and never functioned. It was originally located in Buzzards Bay, MA where it was used as an art studio. I don't know when the windmill was moved here. It is now used as a gift shop. [map]

The Windmill in Eastham is the oldest working windmill on Cape Cod. It was built in Plymouth in 1680 and moved to Truro in 1770. It was moved to Eastham in 1793 and to this location in 1808. This windmill is still occasionally used to grind corn. For more, see this website. [map]

Windmill Square and Windmill Plaza are two strip shopping centers featuring non-functioning windmills. [Marstons Mills map]; [West Dennis map]

Windmill House
Buzzards Bay, MA		 Christmas Tree Shop
Sagamore, MA
I assume this Windmill House had blades originally. Does anyone know this history of this building? For more, see this website. [map]

The Christmas Tree Shop features the world's largest thatched roof building and a working windmill. It was built around 1986. [map]

Maine:
Dutch Treat (Wilton)

Maryland:
Old Mill Pancake House (now Red Hot & Blue): 1, 2 (Annapolis) [map]

Queen's Inn
Banquet Facility [gone]
Holland, MI		 Dutch Treat [gone]
Madison Heights, MI
The Queen's Inn Banquet Facility is located at Nelis' Dutch Village. The building was still there in 2012. It was gone by 2017.

The Dutch Treat was built as an ice cream stand. When these photos were taken in 2005, the building was vacant. It was still empty in 2006 and the blades were gone. By 2012, the building had been demolished.

More Michigan:
patent (Belleville)
Windmill Flower Shop (Grand Rapids) [map]
Windmill Island Park (Holland)
Pine Lake Apartments (Waterford) [map]

Windmill Travel Center
Dexter, MN
The Windmill Travel Center consisted of a restaurant, gas station, and motel. The restaurant and gas station were both closed when I was there in 2008, however, the blades on the windmill were still turning. The motel seemed to be in use as a conference center. The restaurant was originally a Nickerson Farms. By 2015, the shutters were gone. By 2023, the windmill was also gone and the property seemed to be used for equipment storage. Does anyone know when it became the Windmill? [map]

More Minnesota:
Hollandale [map]
Pease

Bevo Mill
St. Louis, MO
The Bevo Mill was designed by Klipstein and Rathmann and built in 1917. The building was commissioned by August A. Busch of the Anheuser-Busch family. It was built as a restaurant and continues to operate as such today. The windmill blades still turn. The name Bevo comes from a malt liquor developed by Anheuser-Busch. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

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