Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1905.
From the record
“Windsor Mills Christ Church Episcopal is a historic former church building in Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. Built in the 1830s, it features a distinctive combination of two different architectural styles, and it has been named a historic site.”
Wikipedia article Windsor Mills Christ Church Episcopal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 38 National Register listings published here for Ashtabula County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.75001319- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1905 to 1994
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.
19051994
What happened here
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.
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 785 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Windsor Mills Christ Church Episcopal between 1890 and 1975: 748 Animalia, 28 Fungi, 9 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Windsor Mills Christ Church Episcopal: 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.
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.
Statement of significance
first building on the road north of Windsor Corners was erected largely through the contributions of Judge Solomon Griswold, the second settler in the township, and was familiarly known as was erected one-half mile west of the township center at Windsor Mills in 1832. It was dedicated by Bishop Mcllvaine of the Ohio Diocese in 1833. that the Historical Society will be able to continue the maintenance MAR 1 2 1975 1832-1833 Commerce Conservation Engineering Transportation Military Communications RECEIVED Theater losophy Aboriginal RREGISTER Literature Agriculture itarian Pre-Columbian Religion/Phi Architecture Landscape Political example of modern adaptive use as a museum building. Sculpture Social/Human- NNATIONAL Education The primary significance of this church is architectural.
Industry "Solomon's Temple." The present "neat and well-built' structure Music Ashtabula County Historical Society, and extensive and costly restoration was undertaken. At present (l974) it seems unlikely It is a charming example of a small Greek Revival building later Invention The Episcopal Society was formed in Windsor in 18l6.Its of the building. adapted to the Gothic Revival period taste.It is also a good AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Art 1878), 252. June 15, 1963, n. p. (Cleveland, 1963), 52.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 75001319, 12 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 miles
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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