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 mill and coordinates	Type	Built	Notes	Photograph
Barnstable			1687
Barnstable			1785
Beverly	Chipman's Tannery	Vertical axis mill	1795
Bourne	Joe Jefferson's Mill[1]	Smock	1889	Moved within Bourne, 1971
Bourne 41.74104°N 70.60430°W / 41.74104; -70.60430 (Aptucxet Trading Post Museum)	Aptucxet Trading Post Museum Mill[1]	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 41°45′08″N 70°07′16″W	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 41°40′34″N 69°57′33″W	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[1]	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.
Hyannisport	Landmark Tower, Holbrook Tower "Windmill", Hyannisport "Lighthouse", “Salt Shaker”, water tower [1][2][3][4][5]	Smock	1911
Hyannisport	Wright Mill[1]	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[1]	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.[6]
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[7]	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[1]	Smock	1950s
Osterville	Oyster Harbours Mill[1]	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[8]	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[8]	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
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[9]
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[1]		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[1]	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