Mead Memorial Chapel Explained

Mead Memorial Chapel
Location:2 Chapel Rd., Lewisboro, New York
Coordinates:41.2964°N -73.5997°W
Built:1905
Architect:Hobart B. Upjohn
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:November 30, 1999
Refnum:99001443

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).[1] The Mead family also owned the separately listed The Homestead.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mead Memorial Chapel. June 1999. 2010-12-24 . Peter D. Shaver. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying five photos.