It was built in 1825, and is a coursed rubble stone structure measuring 40 feet tall and 77 feet in circumference.

The building has been used as a jail and as an Air Warning System Observation Post (N. 69 c) during World War II.

[2]: 5  It is the only windmill on the American side of the St. Lawrence Valley.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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