The Meadows is a mansion first built in 1827 by Jonathan Denise Ledyard, the brother of Helen Ledyard Lincklaen, who was raised by the Lincklaens from about the age of eleven.

After the death of John Lincklaen in 1822, his widow, Helen Lincklaen Ledyard, was left with the Lorenzo mansion and its land. She decided to sell the mansion and land for $100 to Jonathan Denise Ledyard after it had failed to sell on the market due to its high price on what was becoming undesirable land.

Upon acquiring the Lorenzo mansion and land, Helen Lincklaen Ledyard then lived with Jonathan Denise Ledyard, his wife Jane Strawbridge Ledyard, and their five children in Lorenzo.

However, in 1826, Helen Lincklaen Ledyard prevailed upon Jonathan Denise Ledyard to sell her back the Lorenzo mansion and only its western half of land for the same sum of $100. After the sale, Jonathan decided to build his own mansion on the eastern half of the Lorenzo estate and call it The Meadows.

Upon its completion, The Meadows was occupied by Jonathan Denise Ledyard and his wife Jane Strawbridge Ledyard, along with their five children, Lincklaen Ledyard, Jonathan Denise Ledyard Jr., George Strawbridge Ledyard, Helen Lincklaen Ledyard, and Lamburtus Wolters Ledyard.

After his death in 1874, The Meadows was then passed down to George Strawbridge Ledyard, then to his daughter Helen Seymour Ledyard (Hubbard), and then to her daughter, Anna Burr Hubbard (Oakman). Mrs. Oakman occupied The Meadows with her husband, Walter G. Oakman, after his passing and until her passing in 1993.