De Huisman is a small octagonal mill at the Zaanse Schans in the Zaanstad, and currently makes mustard.

'De Huisman' has been located on the Zaanse Schans since 1955, next to the warehouse 'De Haan'. The mill was probably built in 1786 on the Blauwe Pad ("Blue Path", now "Claude Monet street") in Zaandam. The mill has functioned as a snuff mill (milling tobacco), a mustard mill, and a saw mill.

De Huisman, Zaandam

At the Zaanse Schans, the mill was converted again into a mustard mill, though it mills the mustard seeds in a modern, not wind-operated way. There are advanced plans for the mill to be restored to a traditional mustard mill, and to give the public the opportunity to visit the mill. The mill is owned by the Vereniging De Zaansche Molen.

De Huisman, Zaandam

See also

De Kat, Zaandam

De Os, Zaandam

De Zoeker, Zaandam

De Gekroonde Poelenburg, Zaandam

Het Jonge Schaap, Zaandam

External links

The website of the mill

Vereniging de Zaansche Molen

Windmills in North Holland

Rijksmonuments in North Holland

Grinding mills in the Netherlands

Windmills completed in 1955

Zaandam

1955 establishments in the Netherlands

20th-century architecture in the Netherlands

De Huisman, Zaandam