Mead Memorial Chapel
Mead Memorial Chapel | |
Location | 2 Chapel Rd., Lewisboro, New York |
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Coordinates | 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 No. | 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]
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[edit] Media related to Mead Memorial Chapel (Waccabuc, New York) at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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 December 24, 2010. See also: "Accompanying five photos".