List of windmills in Massachusetts

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 milland coordinates Type Built Notes Photograph Barnstable 1687 Barnstable 1785 Beverly Chipman's Tannery Vertical axis mill 1795 Bourne Joe Jefferson's MillMock Mill, never a working windmill Smock 1889 Moved within Bourne, 1971 Bourne Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Mill Smock 1971 Windmill World Replica 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 Smock 1974 Windmill World 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 1797 Windmill World 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' MillSouth 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 () early 1940s Harwichport John Smith Mill Smock Early 1940s Hyannisport Jonathan Young Mill Smock 1897 Moved to Orleans 1983Windmill 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. Hyannisport Landmark Tower, Holbrook Tower "Windmill", Hyannisport "Lighthouse", “Salt Shaker”, water tower Originally a water towerA New Copper Top by Jim Bennette JLC 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 MillTisbury Mill Smock 1815 Moved within Martha's Vineyard 1842 Martha's Vineyard Lothrop Merry's MillTisbury Mill Smock 1842 Moved with Martha's Vineyard 1888 Martha's Vineyard Lothrop Merry's MillTisbury 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 Newbury 1703 1774 Newbury Saltworks c. 1784 Orleans Jonathan Young Mill Smock 1839 Moved to Hyannisport 1897.Windmill World Orleans Jonathan Young Mill Smock 1983 Windmill World Osterville Le Petit Moulin Smock 1950s Osterville Oyster Harbours Mill Smock 1925 Plymouth Plimoth Mill Smock 1680 Moved to Truro, 1770 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 MillCaptain 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 YarmouthJudah Baker Mill Smock 1916 Moved to Yarmouth 1953 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 Yarmouth Sautucket Mill 1661 Yarmouth c. 1687 Yarmouth Judah Baker Mill Smock 1953 Windmill World Yarmouth 1766 Moved to East Dennis 1775 unknown location (north side of Cape Cod) Smock Mid-17th century Moved to South Yarmouth 1750s

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