Architectural Story
This smock–style, four–vaned windmill was built in 1812 and used in Warren, RI in connection with a whiskey distillery. It has an unusual feature: two sets of grinding stones, effectively doubling the capacity of production.
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Restoration Story
In the early 1900s, the Sherman Mill was converted to gasoline power in an effort to keep it up-to-date. It became idle in the early 20th century and remained so, in ever deteriorating condition, until the NRF acquired it in 1969 and moved it to the newly-established Prescott Farm. The mill was restored by the NRF in 1971, with additional work done in the 1980s and a new shaft installed in 1998.
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People Story
As was common with windmills, the mill was moved from Warren, RI first to Fall River, Massachusetts, then to Portsmouth, Rhode Island by millers who acquired it, first by Robert Sherman to Quaker Hill (East Main Road), then to Lehigh Hill (West Main Road).
After NRF restored the mill in the early-1970s, miller George Kimball ran the mill and lived at Prescott Farm with his family into the early-1980s.
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