Mead Memorial Chapel

Mead Memorial Chapel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2 Chapel Rd., Lewisboro, New York
Coordinates	41°17′47″N 73°35′59″W / 41.29639°N 73.59972°WCoordinates: 41°17′47″N 73°35′59″W / 41.29639°N 73.59972°W
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1905
Architect	Hobart B. Upjohn
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference #	99001443[1]
Added to NRHP	November 30, 1999

Mead Memorial Chapel is a historic Episcopal chapel at 2 Chapel Road in the hamlet of Waccabuc, town of Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York. It was designed by Hobart B. Upjohn (1876-1949) and built in 1905-1906 in a late Gothic Revival style. It is a rectangular stone building with a steep slate roof. A wing was added in 1929, known as Mead Memorial Hall, and it houses the Mead family archives. It features a bell tower pierced by Gothic arch shaped louvered windows. It was built by Sarah Frances Studwell Mead as a memorial to her husband, George Washington Mead (1827-1899).^[2] The Mead family also owned the separately listed The Homestead.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Westchester County, New York

References

Media related to Mead Memorial Chapel (Waccabuc, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Peter D. Shaver (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mead Memorial Chapel". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-24. See also: "Accompanying five photos".