- Boyd's Windmill
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name = Boyd's Windmill
nrhp_type = nrhp
caption =
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 30
lat_seconds = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 16
long_seconds = 9
long_direction = W
locmapin = Rhode Island
location = Middletown, RI
nearest_city = Newport
area =
built = 1810
architect =
architecture =
added =January 26 ,2001 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private (Middletown Historical Society)
refnum=01000018Boyd's Windmill, built in 1810, is a historic
smock mill inMiddletown, Rhode Island .John Peterson built the windmill on Old Mill Lane in
Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1810, and William Boyd purchased it in 1815. It originally had four common sails, but four more were added by the family.The windmill was restored by the Middletown Historical Society after receiving it as a donation in 1990 and moving it to Paradise Valley Park in Middletown.
References and links
* [http://clanboyd.info/state/newhampshire/history/ Boyd Windmill History]
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