The Windsor Mills Covered Bridge is a restored Town lattice truss bridge spanning Phelps Creek along Warner Hollow Road in Ashtabula County, Ohio, linking the historic community of Windsor Mills across a narrow sandstone gorge.
Settlement in Windsor Township began in 1799 and 1800, and by 1811, both the township and the village of Windsor Mills had been formally established. The gorge of Phelps Creek provided the community’s most reliable source of water power, supporting early industry such as Skinner’s Mill, which operated with a sandstone-block dam. Because most buildings stood north of the gorge, access to the township’s southern portion required a lengthy detour. To address this, a covered bridge was contracted and erected around September 1867, creating a direct connection to Stoneville, a local quarrying center. North of the crossing stood the Millbank Inn, which over time functioned as a hotel, post office, general store, skating rink, and dance hall.
Constructed of white pine in the Town lattice pattern and secured with handmade iron pins, the bridge rests on cut sandstone abutments quarried locally along the creek. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the bridge underwent a comprehensive restoration between 2002 and 2004.
