Gibbons Mansion

Mead Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	36 Madison Avenue, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey
Built	1836
Architectural style	Greek revival
NRHP Reference #	77000897[1]
NJRHP #	4433[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 10, 1977
Designated NJRHP	December 1, 1976

Gibbons Mansion, currently known as Mead Hall, is a historical mansion on Drew University campus in Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It houses the university's administrative offices today.

It was built by William Gibbons beginning in 1833 in the heart of his 96-acre property; it was first occupied in 1836.^[3] Gibbons’ only son, William Heyward, sold the vacant mansion and estate to Daniel Drew in 1867 for $140,000. Drew, in turn, the Drew Theological Seminary, named in his honor. The Gibbons mansion was renamed Mead Hall, in honor of Drew's wife, Roxanna Mead.^[4]

Mead Hall was devastated by a fire in 1989, reopened in 1993, and despite the damage, is still “considered the finest example of Greek Revival architecture north of the Mason-Dixon line."^[5]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 7. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
3. Cunningham, John T. (1998). Images of America: Madison. Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 19, 31. ISBN 9780738567792.
4. "A brief history of Mead Hall". Drew University. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
5. "Campus map, Mead Hall". Drew University. Retrieved September 1, 2012.