This is a list of traditional windmills in the American state of Massachusetts.
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Mills
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.
| Location | Name of mill and coordinates |
Type | Built | Notes | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable | 1687 | ||||
| Barnstable | 1785 | ||||
| Beverly | Chipman's Tannery | Vertical axis mill | 1795 | ||
| Bourne | Joe Jefferson's Mill | Smock | 1889 | Moved within Bourne, 1971 | |
| Bourne 41°44′28″N 70°36′15″W / 41.74104°N 70.60430°W / 41.74104; -70.60430 (Aptucxet Trading Post Museum) |
Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Mill | Smock | 1971 | Windmill World Replica | 
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| Boston | Copp's Mill | 1632 | Standing 1659 | ||
| Boston | Copp's Hill Mill | Smock | Moved to Salem, 1773 | ||
| Boston | Windmill Point | 1636 | |||
| Boston | Windmill Point (2nd mill) | 1650 | |||
| Boston | Windmill Point (3rd mill) | 1650 | 1822 | ||
| Boston | Windmill Point (4th mill) | 1650 | 1824 | ||
| Boston | Windmill Point (5th mill?) | Tower | 1833 | ||
| Boston | Widow Tuthill's Mill | 1642 | |||
| Boston | South Mill | 1643 | 1644 | ||
| Boston | Windmill Hill | 1636 | |||
| Brewster | Ellis Landing Road Mill | Smock | 1795 | Moved within Brewster unknown date | |
| Brewster | Smock | 1845 | Moved within Brewster 1890 | ||
| Brewster | Smock | 1890 | Moved within Brewster 1974 | ||
| Brewster | Old Higgins Farm Mill 41°45′08″N 70°07′16″W / 41.75222°N 70.12111°W / 41.75222; -70.12111 (Old Higgins Farm Mill) |
Smock | 1974 | Windmill World | 
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| Brewster | Golf course | Windmill World | |||
| Brockton | 1781 | ||||
| Brockton | West Falmouth Mill | Smock | 1922 | Burned down, unknown date | |
| Buzzards Bay | Beach House Mill | Smock | Windmill World | ||
| Cataumet | Red Brook Mill | Smock | 1853 | Moved within Cataumet 1850s | |
| Cataumet | Red Brook Mill | Smock | 1850s | Moved within Cataumet 1905 | |
| Cataumet | Red Brook Mill | Smock | 1905 | ||
| Cataumet | Rothery Mill | Smock | 1900 | ||
| Cataumet | Rothery Mill (2nd mill) | Smock | Early 1900s | ||
| Chatham | Chatham Windmill 41°40′34″N 69°57′33″W / 41.67611°N 69.95917°W / 41.67611; -69.95917 (Chatham Windmill) |
1797 | Windmill World | 
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| Chatham | Smock | 1820 | Moved within Chatham 1911 | ||
| Chatham | Sur Mer Mill | Smock | 1911 | Windmill World | |
| Chatham | Chatham Bars Inn Mill | Smock | c. 1730 | Moved to South Orleans 1830 | |
| Chatham | Benjamin Godfrey Mill, Mill Hill | Smock | 1797 | Moved within Chatham 1956 | |
| Chatham | Benjamin Godfrey Mill | Smock | 1956 | ||
| Chatham | Dolphin Inn Mill | Smock | 1980s | ||
| Chatham | Robert Horne Mill | Smock | 1920s | ||
| Chilmark | Elmer Bliss Mill | Smock | 1938 | ||
| Dennis | Uncle Rufus Howes' Mill South Mill |
Late 18th century | Demolished 1874 | ||
| Dennis Port | Reuben Burgess Mill | Smock | Burned down unknown date, gone by 1885. | ||
| East Dennis | Hatsel Kelly Mill | 1775 | Struck by lightning and burnt down 1869. | ||
| Eastham | 1660 | ||||
| Eastham | Kaskaogansett Mill | 1682 | |||
| Eastham | Eastham Mill | Smock | 1793 | Moved within Eastham, 1808 | |
| Eastham | Eastham Mill | Smock | 1808 | Windmill World | |
| East Orleans | Old Mill | Smock | 1800 | Moved to Sandwich 1819 | |
| Edgartown | Town Mill | ||||
| Edgartown | (three other mills) | ||||
| Fairhaven | Macomber Mill | Smock | 1821 | Moved to Cataumet 1853 | |
| Falmouth | Old Emmon's Estate Mill | Windmill World | |||
| Fall River | Smock | Moved from Warren, Rhode Island. Moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island at unknown date. | |||
| Fall River | smock | Moved from Bristol, Rhode Island. Moved to Tiverton, Rhode Island at unknown date. | |||
| Fall River | Littlefield Mill | Smock | 1815 | Moved to Block Island, Rhode Island, unknown date. Gone by 1877 | |
| Harwichport | SW side of South St | Smock | 1792 | Moved to NE side of South St at unknown date | |
| Harwichport | NE side of South St | Smock | Moved to Wychmere Harbor 1890s | ||
| Harwichport | Wychmere Harbor (north site) | Smock | 1890s | Moved within Wychmere Harbor 1900s | |
| Harwichport | Wychmere Harbour (south site) | Smock | 1900s | Moved a short distance (50 feet (15 m)) early 1940s | |
| Harwichport | John Smith Mill | Smock | Early 1940s | ||
| Hyannisport | Jonathan Young Mill | Smock | 1897 | Moved to Orleans 1983 Windmill World Contradictory info: Originally constructed in 1798 and located at Kendrick's Hill, East Orleans, it was moved multiple times over its life, but at has been at this location since 1983. 33 Route 6A, Orleans, MA. |
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| Hyannisport | Landmark Tower,
Holbrook Tower "Windmill", Hyannisport "Lighthouse", “Salt Shaker”, water tower |
Smock | 1911 |  | |
| Hyannisport | Wright Mill | Smock | c. 1900 | ||
| Ipswich | Windmill Hill Mill | 1667 | |||
| Marblehead | Rhodes Hill Mill | 1678 | 1681 | ||
| Marblehead | Saltworks (two mills) | 1804 | One blown down October 1804 | ||
| Marblehead | Goodwin Mill | 1819 | |||
| Marstons Mills | Cape Cod Airfield Mill | Smock | 1950s | ||
| Martha's Vineyard | Lothrop Merry's Mill Tisbury Mill |
Smock | 1815 | Moved within Martha's Vineyard 1842 | |
| Martha's Vineyard | Lothrop Merry's Mill Tisbury Mill |
Smock | 1842 | Moved with Martha's Vineyard 1888 | |
| Martha's Vineyard | Lothrop Merry's Mill Tisbury Mill |
Smock | 1888 | ||
| Martha's Vineyard | Timothy Chase Mill | 18th century | Collapsed 1818 | ||
| Martha's Vineyard | Tailer Mill | Post | 1985 | Moved to Etzikom, Alberta, Canada 1995. | |
| Nantucket | Frederick Macy Mill, Mill Hill | Post | 1723 | Demolished 7 December 1837 | |
| Nantucket | Mill Hill (2nd mill) | Post | 1810 | ||
| Nantucket | Mill Hill (3rd mill) | Post | 1810 | ||
| Nantucket | Mill Hill (4th mill) | Post | 1810 | ||
| Nantucket | The Old Mill | Smock | 1746 | Nantucket Historical Association | 
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| Newbury | 1703 | 1774 | |||
| Newbury | Saltworks | c. 1784 | |||
| Orleans | Jonathan Young Mill | Smock | 1839 | Moved to Hyannisport 1897. Windmill World |
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| Orleans | Jonathan Young Mill | Smock | 1983 | Windmill World | 
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| Osterville | Le Petit Moulin | Smock | 1950s | ||
| Osterville | Oyster Harbours Mill | Smock | 1925 | ||
| Plymouth | Plimoth Mill | Smock | 1680 | Moved to Truro, 1770 | 
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| Provincetown | Salt works (six mills) | Windmill World | |||
| Sagamore | Christmas Tree Shop Mill | Smock | 1983 | At the eastern base of the Sagamore Bridge and attached to the Christmas Tree Shop | |
| Salem | near the burial ground | 1637 | |||
| Salem | 1733 | 1771 | |||
| Salem | East Street Bark Mill | 1794ref name=New/> | |||
| Sandwich | Heritage Plantation Mill | Smock | Windmill World | ||
| Sandwich | Old Mill | Smock | 1819 | Moved within Sandwich 1957 | |
| Sandwich | Old Mill | Smock | 1957 | ||
| South Chatham | Seth Bearse Mill | c. 1850 | |||
| South Dartmouth | Chase Mill | Smock | 1924 | ||
| South Dennis | Smock | 1791 | Moved to West Dennis | ||
| South Orleans | Captain Arey's Mill | Smock | 1830 | Moved within South Orleans 1870 | |
| South Orleans | Center Mill Captain Arey's Mill |
Smock | 1830 | Moved to Cataumet 1900 | |
| South Orleans | East Mill | ||||
| South Orleans | Kenrick's Hill | Smock | Mid-18th century | Moved to Orleans 1839 | |
| South Yarmouth | Farris Mill | Smock | 1750s | Moved to Indian Town 1782 | |
| South Yarmouth | Judah Baker Mill | Smock | 1866 | Moved within South Yarmouth, 1875 | |
| South Yarmouth | Judah Baker Mill | Smock | 1875 | Moved within South Yarmouth 1916 | |
| South Yarmouth | Judah Baker Mill | Smock | 1916 | Moved to Yarmouth 1953 | 
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| Swansea | Potter's Mill | Standing 1931 | |||
| Truro | near the Highland Light | 1711 | |||
| Truro | Truro Mill | Smock | 1770 | Moved to Eastham, 1793 | |
| Truro | Castle Hill Mill | Smock | |||
| Truro | Truro Highlands Mill | Smock | Early 19th century | ||
| Watertown | Moved to Boston 1632 | ||||
| Wellfleet | David Baker Mill | ||||
| Wellfleet | Thomas Higgins Mill | ||||
| Wellfleet | Freeman's Mill | ||||
| Wellfleet | Samuel Chipman's Mill | ||||
| Wellfleet | Ryder Mill | Smock | 1838 | Moved within Wellfleet 1870 | |
| Wellfleet | Morning Glory Mill | Smock | 1870 | ||
| Wellfleet | Wellfleet Harbor | 1978 | |||
| West Dennis | Kelley's Pond Mill | Smock | Moved to South Yarmouth 1866 | ||
| West Falmouth | Bowerman Mill | Smock | 1787 | Moved to Brockton, 1922 | |
| West Harwich | Smock | Moved to Cataumet early 1900s | |||
| West Harwich | The Windmill House Mill | Smock | 1920s | ||
| West Yarmouth | Farris Mill | Smock | 1782 | Moved to Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan 1935 | 
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| Yarmouth | Sautucket Mill | 1661 | |||
| Yarmouth | c. 1687 | ||||
| Yarmouth | Judah Baker Mill | Smock | 1953 | Windmill World | 
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| Yarmouth | 1766 | Moved to East Dennis 1775 | |||
| unknown location (north side of Cape Cod) | Smock | Mid-17th century | Moved to South Yarmouth 1750s |
References
- ^ Mock Mill, never a working windmill
- Originally a water tower
- "Hidden Cape Cod: Holbrook Cottage in Hyannis Port". CapeCod.com. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- White, Chris (2021-05-17). "This iconic Hyannis Lighthouse has more history than you know!". Cape Cod LIFE. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- A New Copper Top by Jim Bennette JLC
- "European Windmill Alberta". Canada Photos. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- "#165 Old Mill in Nantucket (1746)". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ "Judah Baker Windmill". Historical Society of Yarmouth. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- "CASTLE HILL BARN NEEDS YOU!". Castlehill. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
Sources
- Lombardo, Donald (2003). Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1.
