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The Homestead
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| Location: | 36 Mead St., Waccabuc, New York |
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| Area: | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built: | 1820 |
| Architectural style: | Federal |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
01000294 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 29, 2001 |
The Homestead is a historic home located at Waccabuc, Westchester County, New York. It has five contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The main house, known as The Homestead, was built between 1820 and 1822 in the Federal style by the locally prominent Mead family. It has a four bay wide main block with a three bay ell. The frame building sits on a cut stone foundation. Also on the property is a 19th century barn, four room cottage, tool shed (c. 1900), chicken house (c. 1900), and well house. The Mead family built the separately listed Mead Memorial Chapel.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]