Graue Mill

The Graue Mill is a water-powered grist mill that was originally erected in 1852. Now a museum, it is one of two operating water-powered gristmills in Illinois.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Opening hours: April—November Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: water-wheel grist mill in Oak Brook, Illinois
Also known as: “Graue Mill & Museum”, “Graue Water Mill”, and “name=Graue Mill & Museum”
Address: 3800 York Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Highlands station and Hinsdale station.

Highlands station

Railway station

Photo: natebeal, CC BY 2.0.

Highlands station is one of three commuter railroad stations along Metra's BNSF Line in Hinsdale, Illinois. The station is 16.3 miles from Union Station, the east end of the line. Highlands station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Graue Mill.

Hinsdale station

Railway station

Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hinsdale is one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Line in Hinsdale, Illinois, and the only one open daily. The station is 16.9 miles from Union Station, the east end of the line. Hinsdale station is situated 1¼ miles south of Graue Mill.

Western Springs station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Western Springs is a station on Metra's BNSF Line in Western Springs, Illinois. The station is 15.4 miles from Union Station, the east end of the line. Western Springs station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Graue Mill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fullersburg and Hinsdale.

Fullersburg

Neighborhood

Fullersburg is a former village in Downers Grove Township and York Township, DuPage County, Illinois near the Cook County border. Though never incorporated in its own name, the area is historically important to the development of Hinsdale and Oak Brook, Illinois.

Hinsdale

Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hinsdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Cook County. It is one of the wealthiest communities in Illinois and in the United States.

Oak Brook

Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.

Oak Brook is a village in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, within the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor, one of the principal economic centers in Chicagoland.

Graue Mill

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: York Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.82058° or 41° 49′ 14″ north

Longitude

-87.92749° or 87° 55′ 39″ west

Levels

Operator

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Open location code

86HJR3CF+62

OpenStreetMap ID

way 622476794

OpenStreetMap feature

building=historic

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5597744

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Graue House and Ben Fuller Farmhouse.

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