Built 1825 (1825) MPS Morristown Village MRA Opened 1825 Added to NRHP 2 September 1982 | Built by McConnell, Hugh NRHP Reference # 82004689 Area 6,100 m² | |
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Location Morris St., Morristown, New York, USA Similar Gardiners Island Windmill, Victoria Grist Windmill, Bronson Windmill, Iron Turbine Windmill, Canon Ranch Railroad |
McConnell's Windmill, also known as Morristown Windmill and Stone Windmill, is a stone windmill in Morristown, New York. It was built in 1825, and is a coursed rubble stone structure measuring 40 feet tall and 77 feet in circumference. It was used as a grist mill. The building has been used as a jail and as an Air Warning System Observation Post (N. 69 c) during World War II. It is the only windmill on the American side of the St. Lawrence Valley.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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