Built in 1867. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.
“Windsor Mills Bridge, also known as Wiswell Road Bridge or Warner Hollow Road Bridge, is a covered bridge that carries Covered Bridge Lane, formerly Wiswell Road, across Phelps Creek in Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 17 drivable bridges in the county, is a single-span Town truss design.”
Wikipedia article Windsor Mills Covered Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 38 National Register listings published here for Ashtabula County · listed in 1973 · category: Structure · built in 1867.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
An account from the chapter on Windsor township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Eliza Griswold Phelps was the first white child born on the soil of Windsor, and there were some noteworthy incidents in her life. A residence of six months in the township of her nativity was followed by her removal with her father's family to Warren. Here, when she was two or three years old, while playing on the banks of the Mahoning, she fell into the river, and was rescued from drowning by a pet bear who often accompanied her in her playful sports, and on this occasion was her playfellow.
The chapter on Windsor Township in History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878 names Windsor Mills. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The Griswold family were Episcopalians, Mr. Griswold being an active and efficient worker in that church. To this denomination belonged also the Hill family and the Cook family, the Aldermans and Skinners. In 1816 this society erected the first church building in Windsor, on lot 7, range 3, across the road from the house now owned and occupied by Hiram Griswold. Judge Solomon Griswold contributed the greater part towards its erection, and it was familiarly known as " Solomon's temple." In 1832 a neat and well-built Episcopal church building was erected one-half mile west of the centre of Windsor, at the corners known as Windsor Mills. The house was dedicated by Bishop Mcllvaine. The church at present numbers but few members, and has no settled pastor.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
The Wesleyan Methodists organized a church at Windsor Mills about the year 1844. and in the year 1852 or 1853 a church was organized in the southwest part of the township, where, soon after, they erected their present church building, in lot 1, range 7. Their membership is very small at present. Rev. Mr. Hayes, a resident of Middlefield, Geauga county, is their pastor.
Passage source: History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, published 1878.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Windsor Township - 43,801 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 777 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wiswell Road Covered Bridge between 1890 and 1974: 741 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 8 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Daugherty, Acker, G. G. & Class, Athearn, Herbert D. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bacidia rubella (Hoffm.) A.Massal. | 1891 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Anaptychia aquila (Ach.) A.Massal. | 1895 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Cetraria lacunosa Ach. | 1895 | Ernst E. Bogue | |
 | Cardamine douglassii Britton | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell. |
 | Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell. |
 | Geum rivale L. | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell. |
 | Sceptridium dissectum (Spreng.) Lyon | 1890 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell |
 | Bacidia luteola (Ach.) Mudd | 1891 | E. E. Bogue | |
 | Cladonia pyxidata (L.) Hoffm. | 1891 | Bogue, E.E. | Orwell; 41.535055 -80.868144 |
 | Lecanora caesiorubella subsp. caesiorubella | 1891 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell |
 | Physcia stellaris (L.) Nyl. | 1891 | Bogue, E. E. | Orwell |
| Anzia colpodes (Ach.) Stizenb. | 1892 | E. E. Bogue | Orwell |
All 777 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wiswell Road Covered Bridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbrook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Springbrook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.
and 40.3'. The overall length is 120-1/2'; clearance 10'6" and roadway more than 30 feet above Phelps Creek Gorge on the original cut stone 1972 piers.There are two piers and two abutments of stone blocks (2'x 2' x4')quaried from the wall of the gorge nearby.The chisel marks may stil1 be seen from the road above.There are three spans of 33',42.3'
The first settlers to the township of Windsor arrived in June 1799 and village of Windsor Mills was established. It remained a recognized village until 1913 when the U.S. Post Office was closed. The Phelps Creek Gorge was found to be the best water power site in the township. There first developed a mill, Skinners Mill, on the miles out of the way, a covered bridge was contracted for and built north of the bridge is the Millbank Inn, used over the years as a bridge allowed this and other buildings to become a vital center of The bridge nestles among hardwoods and hemlocks, wild flowere and ferns, and creates a beautiful picture for artists, photographers, DEC 1 1972 standing.
Commerce Architecture Conservation Communications Education Military Engineering REGISTER NATIONAL Aboriginal Theater Literature losophy itarian Prehistoric Landscape Music Pre-Columbian Agriculture hotel, post office, general store, skating rink, and dance hall. The Social/Human- bank of the gorge. A dam, which still stands, was constructed of Sculpture aroung September 1867. The Wiswell Road Bridge, still is use today, Invention RECEIVED Industry Urban Planning linked the southern area to Stonevillea quarrying center.To the same condition as when it was built.The mill itself is no longer nature lovers and all who visit it. life in the village of Windsor Mills.
Other (Specify) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Since most other buildings were north of Phelps Creek Gorge, and the Art sandstone blocks.It was laid up without mortar and remains in the only existing way to reach them was by a southeasterly road running and March 1800. However, it was not until 181l that the township
The whole case file for this property - 1,539 words, 10 pages, reproduced complete.
Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 73001386, 10 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Windsor Mills Christ Church Episcopal | 0.2 miles | 1975 |
| Windsor Corners District | 1.5 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001386 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Ashtabula County | All 38 listed properties in this county. |
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