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| Windmill Buildings (page 1) |
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| Watermill Express Plant City, FL |
Watermill Express Houston, TX |
Windmill Roswell, NM |
Windmill Middlebury, IN |
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These Watermill Express water vending machines are distributed nationwide. The first one was built in 1984 in Brighton, CO.
The Roswell Windmill is another water vending machine. There are at least two of these unnamed machines in town, as well as two Watermill Express machines. The Middlebury Windmill 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. For more, see this website. |
| Windmill & Welcome Sign Rotterdam, NY |
windmill Amsterdam, NY |
windmill Oberlin, OH |
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The Windmill in Rotterdam is located in a Kmart shopping center. I believe it was built recently as an information booth. The windmill seems to be a local symbol as evidenced by this sign.
This Windmill in Amsterdam is at a farm. It appears that it was functional or at least once was. This Windmill in Oberlin was built in the mid-1980s. It was used to pump water from a pond to irrigate the farm where it is located. It is no longer in use. |
| Windmill House Barnegat, NJ |
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| The Windmill House was built around 1910. The blades look like they turned at one time. In the past few years, the building has fallen into worse shape. Hardly any trace of the blades remain. For more, see this website. |
| Nieuw Amsterdam Village Apartments Old Bridge, NJ |
Windmill Restaurant Long Branch, NJ |
Little Dutch Mill Griderville, KY |
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The Nieuw Amsterdam Village Apartments windmill is probably a recently built structure.
This Windmill Restaurant opened in 1964 as a hot dog stand with this three-story windmill. There are now seven other locations but this is the only one with a windmill. For more, see their website. The Little Dutch Mill functioned as a gas station and restaurant. It was built by at least the early 1950s. I don't believe 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. For more, see this website. |
| windmill store Los Angeles, CA |
Windmill Bank Mechanicsville, VA |
Windmill Lamar, CO |
De Immigrant Windmill Fulton, IL |
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This windmill store is from around 1930. It is now missing its blades and used as a liquor store. Does anyone know what was originally sold here?
The Windmill Bank was built in 1974 for Heritage Savings and Loan. From 2007-2008, the building and windmill were renovated. The windmill's blades are turning again. The building now houses an EVB bank. For more, see this website. The Windmill in Lamar was built in the early 1930s in the backyard of the Wilson family. The plans that were used to build it and the ironwork that runs the wheel were imported from Holland. Originally, the roof was painted red and the wheel was green. In 2005, the windmill was moved to the lawn of the Prowers County Courthouse. The De Immigrant Windmill in Fulton was built from 1999-2001. The windmill was built in the Netherlands and assembled on this hill next to the Mississippi River. It is fully functional. For more, see this website. |
| Towne Crier Clovis, NM |
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| The Towne Crier might be the original occupant of this building. There is a record at the center of the windmill blades. The store now focuses on home and car stereos. Does anyone know when this was built or if there was another business here previously? |
| Windmill Inn Motel Lynden, WA |
Windmill de Wijn Lynden, WA |
Fairway Center windmill Lynden, WA |
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The Windmill Inn Motel was built in 1950.
The Windmill de Wijn is 72 feet tall and was built in 1987. It functions as a gift shop inside. The three upper floors house The Dutch Village Inn. The blades turn and are lit at night. For more, see this website. The Fairway Center windmill is 53 feet tall and was built in 2006. The base of the building houses Woods Coffee, Fairway Drug and Sportsworld. There is another small windmill in Lynden as well. |
| Windmill Seneca Falls, NY |
Danish Windmill Elk Horn, IA |
Windmill Helen, GA |
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The Seneca Falls Windmill was once the main office of a tourist cottage complex. It is now used as the Visitors Info Center, adjacent to the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce. These old photos date to the 1920s or so.
The Danish Windmill was built in 1848 in Norre Snede, Denmark. The 60 foot tall windmill was brought here in 1976. Elk Horn has one of the largest concentrations of Danes in the U.S. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. The Helen Windmill is part of the Heidi Motel. |
| former gas station Ellensburg, WA |
Dutch Mill Mobile Home Park [gone] Aurora, CO |
Dutch Mill Motel and Family Restaurant Shelburne, VT |
Zoder's Inn Gatlinburg, TN |
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The Ellensburg windmill was originally built as a gas station office. The property also included motel rooms. The building was still in use in the 1970s but has been abandoned since around 1991. Its last uses were as a radiator shop office and an espresso stand. For more, see this website.
The Aurora windmill was built around 1920. It was originally known as the Dutch Mill Cottage Court. The windmill structure was surrounded by a group of 13 cottages which were rented out to tourists and workers at the Fitzsimons Army Hospital. Later, the windmill was later used as the Dutch Mill Tobacco Shop. In recent years, it was used as the office for the Dutch Mill Mobile Home Park. In 2010, this windmill was demolished. The Dutch Mill Motel opened in 1927 as the Dutch Mill Motor Court with 25 cottages laid out in a semi-circle. Cottages were added over the years but by the 1970s, they were beyond repair and replaced with a more modern hotel room complex. In 1973, the Shelburne Camping Area was added behind the motel. The restaurant opened in 1995. For more, see their website. Zoder's Inn was built in 1941 by Wallace Zoder. The hotel was remodeled in 2000 and is now owned by Best Western. The windmill structure now sits on top of their Super Suite. For more, see this website. |
| windmill Oakland, CA |
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| The history of the Oakland windmill is unclear. While some say it was originally installed at an entrance to Idora Park, I have not found any evidence of such. Another story is that this structure is what remains of a Pee Wee mini golf course. This windmill was supposedly used as a flower shop in the 1950s/1960s and was possibly used as a lemonade stand at one point. It has been vacant for many years. I'd love to get the complete story about this one. For more, see this website. |
| Windmill Club Rodeo, CA |
Mis Cazuelas Dallas, TX |
Century Auto Sales Irving, TX |
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The Windmill Club bar features this rooftop windmill. For more, see this website.
A small windmill is installed on the roof of Mis Cazuelas restaurant. Does anyone know what was located here originally? Century Auto Sales has been here since 1970. The windmill sign was built for a real estate office in the late 1950s or early 1960s. There has been a used car dealership here since the late 1970s. The sign is still operational. In 2013, the building and signs will be demolished for new development. The owner plans to put the windmill for sale on eBay. |
| NW Iowa Auto Center Le Mars, IA |
Max's Bar & Grill Yakima, WA |
Windmill Travel Center Dexter, MN |
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The NW Iowa Auto Center building was constructed around 1930 as a gas station with a rooftop windmill. Only a bit of the blades remains at this point. Prior to the repair shop, the building was home to Jimbo's Bait and Tackle.
The blades still turn on Max's Bar & Grill rooftop windmill. Does anyone know the history behind this one? For more, see this website. 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 orignally a Nickerson Farms. Does anyone know when it became the Windmill? For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
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