Old Higgins Farm Windmill
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| Location | Brewster, Massachusetts |
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| Built | 1795 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000240[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1975 |
Old Higgins Farm Windmill is a historic Smock windmill off of Old King's Highway at Drummer Boy Park in Brewster on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.
The windmill was built in 1795, it last ground grain around 1900.[2] The windmill was moved a number of times the last from Ellis Landing in Brewster to its current location in 1974. In 1975 it was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places.[3]
The windmill was donated by its then owner, Mrs. Samuel Nickerson, in memory of her husband, to the Brewster Historical Society which continues to maintain it at its current location.[3]
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- Brewster, Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Industrial buildings completed in 1795
- National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Octagonal buildings in the United States
- Smock mills in the United States
- Tourist attractions in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures completed in 1795
- Windmills completed in the 18th century
- Windmills in Massachusetts
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