Fabyan Windmill
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. 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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Fabyan Windmill in June 2008 | |
| 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 | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| 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 |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1979 |
In 1979, the windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Dutch Mill. 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." It originally operated as a custom grinding mill.
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