The Windmill

Historical marker location:

501 Carriage House Lane, Dwight, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from Carriage House Lane, 0.1 miles south of East South Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Welcome to Dwight.

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.