Special Attractions
Baker Hall Recption Center
Power Mill Building
Robertson Post Windmill
Samson (O'Connor) Windmill
Newsletter
Windmill Clipper
Museum Open
April – November
Hours
Tues. – Fri. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sun. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Admission
Adults $4.00
Seniors 55+ $3.50
Student/Child $1.50
Children under 6 Free
Address
732 S. Allen Chapel Road
Kendallville, IN 46755
260-347-2334
The Mid-America Windmill Museum’s goal is to provide a museum to collect, display, preserve and tell the story of wind power from its origination through the American windmill to the present day. Our purpose is to collect, preserve, exhibit, educate, and build awareness.
Through video presentations, guided tours, exhibits, interactive displays, photographs, and a museum library, volunteers will provide visitors the opportunity to learn about the history of windmills and wind power as they reflect the changes in technology and society.
Windmills are unique machines designed to direct the wind’s energy to perform work. They are engineering marvels that were both functional and gracefully attractive. The American windmill was designed with the thought in mind to be self-governing and require little attention other than lubrication. To preserve the various types of this extraordinary machine that accelerated the development of the heartland and the Great Plains is a responsibility that must be assumed for the benefit of future generations. It is a vital part of American history.
The Kendallville Windmill Museum and Historical Society has been organized as the one official organization for the purpose of restoring, preserving and perpetuating the American windmill. The Mid-America Windmill Museum owes it existence to the foresight and planning of C. Russell Baker. Born into a family of windmillers, he has a strong desire to preserve the historical knowledge of that period of American history. In his words, “The Kendallville Windmill Museum is projected as a cultural center and it is hoped the Museum will reflect the interest of windmillers throughout the Midwest.”
It is fitting that Kendallville have a windmill museum, since Flint & Walling Company was a major windmill manufacturer. In addition, there were ten other well known manufacturers within a 100-mile radius as well as some twenty other lesser known companies. No other place in the country had such a concentration of windmill manufacturers. Since there were so many different windmill manufacturers within the tri-state area, it was decided to name the newest Northeastern Indiana cultural tourist attraction the “Mid-America Windmill Museum” which allowed the museum to encompass a greater area of interest and include the other windmill companies that existed in this area.
Mid-America Windmill Museum 732 S. Allen Chapel Road, Kendallville, IN. 46755
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