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°W / 41.29639; -73.59972Coordinates: 41°17′47″N 73°35′59″W / 41.29639°N 73.59972°W / 41.29639; -73.59972
Area:	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built:	1905
Architect:	Upjohn, Hobart B.
Architectural style:	Late Gothic Revival
Governing body:	Private
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 Westchester County, New York

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
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. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10875. Retrieved 2010-12-24.  See also: "Accompanying five photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10838.