Fabyan Windmill
Windmill in Geneva Township, Kane County, Illinois / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating from the 1850s located in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, just north of Batavia, Illinois, off Illinois Route 25.[2] The five-story wooden smock mill with a stage, which stands 68 feet (21 m) tall, sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of the Kane County Forest Preserve District.
Fabyan Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Old Holland Mill Old Dutch Mill Dutch Windmill Dutch Mill |
Mill location | Geneva Township, Kane County, Illinois |
Coordinates | 41°52′17″N 88°18′21″W |
Operator(s) | Friedrich Brockmann (1875—1887) Louis Frederick Blackhaus (1875—1877) Herman Volberduig (1877—1885) Fred Runge (1887—1914) Colonel George Fabyan (1914—1939) Kane County Forest Preserve (1939—present) |
Year built | Between 1848 - 1880 (estimated) |
Dutch Mill | |
Nearest city | Batavia, Illinois |
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Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1860 |
Architectural style | Dutch Smock Mill |
NRHP reference No. | 79000843[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1979 |
In 1979, the windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Dutch Mill.[1] The following year, the windmill was selected to be on a U.S. postage stamp, as part of a series of five windmills in a stamp booklet called "Windmills USA."[3][4] It originally operated as a custom grinding mill.[3]