Brewster’s Windmill, also known as, Old Higgin’s Farm Windmill, was originally located at Route 6A and Ellis Landing Road, in Brewster. The windmill was moved 100 yards toward Cape Cod Bay and away from the road because the sound of the sails scared horses as they passed. About 1890, it was moved to Ellis Landing Road onto the Roland Crosly Nickerson Estate. Here it functioned as a clubhouse at the golf course. Mrs. Samuel Nickerson gave the mill to the Brewster’s Historical Society. In December 1974, the windmill was transported down Route 6A on a flatbed trailer to its present site, 6 miles from its original location. Source: Old Mills In The United States