McConnell's Windmill explained

Stone Windmill
Location:Morris St., Morristown, New York, USA
Coordinates:44.5894°N -75.645°W
Builder:McConnell, Hugh
Added:September 2, 1982
Refnum:82004689

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.[1] 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . https://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2015-12-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Stone Windmill . 2015-12-01 . unknown . PDF . April 1982 .