The Jamestown Windmill is a smock mill in Jamestown, Rhode Island within the Windmill Hill Historic District on North Road north of Weeden Lane.

Jamestown Windmill
Jamestown Windmill is located in Rhode Island
Jamestown Windmill
Jamestown Windmill is located in the United States
Jamestown Windmill
LocationJamestown, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°30′59″N 71°22′28″W / 41.51639°N 71.37444°W / 41.51639; -71.37444
Built1787
Part ofWindmill Hill Historic District (ID73000276)
NRHP reference No.73000057 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1973
Designated CPOctober 2, 1978

The 30-foot (9.1 m) high windmill was built in 1787 to coarse grind flint corn to feed to animals and finer corn meal for farmer families to eat.[2] It was built after the British occupational forces destroyed the previous mill around the time of the Battle of Rhode Island on a half acre of Col. Joseph Wanton's farm, which was confiscated because he was a tory.[3] It operated until 1896.[4] Several renovations were done in the 20th century, and it is maintained by the Jamestown Historical Society. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ The Jamestown Lighthouse, 2014, Jamestown Historical Society
  3. ^ Jamestown Sampler, Bertram Lippencott, 1980, GO Publishing Corporation
  4. ^ "Windmill". Jamestown Historical Society. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.