Old Higgins Farm Windmill
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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.
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Old Higgins Farm Windmill | |
Location | Brewster, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°45′8″N 70°7′16″W |
Built | 1795 |
NRHP reference No. | 75000240[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 10, 1975 |
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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 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]