Victoria Grist Windmill - Victoria, Texas
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JimmyEv
N 28° 48.055 W 097° 00.087
14R E 695051 N 3187568
The two grinding stones in this windmill were brought from Germany. The windmill itself was built from parts of the first wind-powered gristmill in the state of Texas.
Waymark Code: WM1GBC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2007
Views: 24
The first windmill in Texas was built by the Rudolph Witte family in Goliad. Witte installed two grinding stones that he had imported from Germany through the port of Indianola. Fred Meiss, Sr. and Otto Fiek used parts of the windmill, including the grinding stones, to build the mill seen here in 1870 on Spring Creek. It was donated to the City of Victoria and moved to its current site, Memorial Square, Victoria’s oldest cemetery, in 1935.
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Street address:
Memorial Park
Victoria, TX USA
County / Borough / Parish: Victoria County
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1800-1899
Historic function: Gristmill
Current function: Monument
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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