Wainscott Windmill

Wainscott Windmill is an historic windmill on Georgica Association grounds in Wainscott, New York in the Town of East Hampton. Georgica Association grounds are both within Wainscott and the Village of East Hampton to the east.[2] Historically, it is known as one of the most frequently-moved windmills on the east end. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1978.

The Wainscott Smock Windmill with fantail
Wainscott Windmill
LocationWainscott, East Hampton, New York
Coordinates40°56′1″N 72°14′16″W
Built1813
ArchitectSchellinger, Samuel
MPSLong Island Wind and Tide Mills TR
NRHP reference No.78001915[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1978

History

The windmill was built on Mill Hill in Southhampton in 1813, to replace a mill that burned down the previous year.

In 1841 it was purchased by Barney Green, who moved it to another site on the hill bounded by Windmill Lane and Hill Street. In 1858 it was purchased by Cornelius Conklin, who moved it to Wainscott, between Bridgehampton and East Hampton, where it remained for over 50 years. After two further owners, it became the site of the Wainscott Public Library in 1912, with its sails and fantail intact. In 1922, Lathrop Brown purchased the mill and moved it to Montauk, where it was added to a cottage on the cliffs west of the Montauk Lighthouse. In 1942, it was used by the US government as part of the war effort. Later that year, Brown donated it to the Georgica Beach Association, who moved it a final time to Georgica Road in Wainscott.[3][4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Raymond W. Smith (September 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wainscott Windmill". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
  3. "2018 Brings Another Year of East End Anniversaries".
  4. Hefner, Robert, "WAINSCOTT WINDMILL HAER No. NY-144." Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2009, page 1-3. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HAER NY,52-WAISCO,3-); http://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/ny/ny1200/ny1274/data/ny1274data.pdf accessed Sept 26, 2018
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