Mead Memorial Chapel

Mead Memorial Chapel
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 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]

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