Beebe Windmill, Hildreath Lane & Ocean Avenue (moved several times), Bridgehampton, Suffolk County, NY
Summary
Significance: The Beebe Windmill was one of the first Long Island windmills to be equipped with a fly, regulators and cast iron gearing. It is also the only known surviving Long Island windmill to which these features are original. The ogee cap of the Beebe Windmill is the only instance of a decorative design in a Long Island windmill. All these features mark a departure from local millwriting tradition and make the Beebe the only surviving Long Island windmill which compares to English windmills of the same period.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8
Survey number: HAER NY-67
Building/structure dates: 1820- 1821 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Beebe, Lester
Beebe, Jason
Dominy, Nathaniel
Osborne, Oliver
Schellinger, Samuel
Tabor, Pardon T
Rose, Abraham T
Gelston, Richard
Berwind, John E
Francis, Roger A
Lowe, Jet
Hefner, Robert J
Paxton, Gregory B
Murphy, Kevin
Location
Bridgehampton, 40.93788, -72.30092
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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