Built in 1797 by Colonel Benjamin Godfrey on a hill by his home on Stage Harbor Road overlooking the Mill Pond, this wind-powered grist mill served the growing needs of Chatham residents for corn meal, a staple among early settlers. The Godfrey Windmill is an eight-sided smock-type wind-powered grist mill with four sails. It was built and operated by Colonel Benjamin Godfrey in 1797, owned and operated by Christopher Taylor in 1819, had its cogged wooden wheel and double flanges replaced by iron in 1850, was purchased by Oliver Eldridge in 1869, was owned and operated by Zenas Nickerson in 1874, was owned by Charles Hardy in 1908, was purchased by Stuart Crocker in 1939, was donated by Stuart Crocker to the town and moved to its present location in 1956, and was accepted in 1978 by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.