{"nrhp_refnum":"75001319","name":"Windsor Mills Christ Church Episcopal","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wisell Rd. and U.S. 322","address_restricted":false,"city":"Windsor Mills","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.53597552700006,"lon":-80.96169399899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wood-frame Episcopal church at Wiswell Road and U.S. Route 322 in Windsor Mills, Ashtabula County, Ohio, built in 1832 and dedicated in 1833. It now serves as a local history museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is primarily significant for its architecture. It is a charming small Greek Revival building later adapted to Gothic Revival taste. It is also a good example of modern adaptive reuse as a museum.","narrative":"Windsor Mills Christ Church is a small wood-frame church in Ashtabula County, Ohio, built in 1832 and dedicated by Bishop McIlvaine in 1833. Its design began as Greek Revival, with three bays on each side and horizontal clapboard siding, and was later given pointed Gothic arches. A two-stage tower carries a steep pyramidal spire at each corner and one in the center, locally called a crown steeple. The Episcopal Society formed in Windsor in 1816, and its first building, funded largely by Judge Solomon Griswold, was known as Solomon's Temple. The interior was restored in 1961, earning an American Institute of Architects award. It keeps its original balcony, columns and pews, and some lath is left exposed for educational purposes. An addition at the east end houses a museum of Windsor Township objects, photographs and records, run by the Ashtabula County Historical Society. The church was listed mainly for its architecture and its successful reuse as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1832-1833 (19th century)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, later modified with Gothic Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered, on its original site. Operated as a museum by the Ashtabula County Historical Society. The nomination notes that in 1974 the society seemed unlikely to be able to keep up maintenance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.194837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001319/c5062d3b67-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001319/c5062d3b67-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windsor_Mills_Christ_Church_Episcopal.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windsor_Mills_Christ_Church_Episcopal.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986673","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Mills_Christ_Church_Episcopal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8024658"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/windsor-mills-christ-church-episcopal-75001319/"}