1953Central Islip / Suffolk County, NYHospital / Health

Central Islip State Hospital — Powerhouse / Building 101

Joseph worked at Central Islip State Hospital during a major period of campus expansion.

The Central Islip State Hospital powerhouse with its landmark stack, photographed in 2007.

Current view · 2007 · Photo: James Attanasio · Public domain · Source

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity: Very strong
Kelly connection: Family source
Masonry scope: Strong

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Islip State Hospital — 1953

Transcription: Islip State Hospital — 1953

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-019

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“Islip State Hospital — 1953”

Central Islip's campus included a power plant dated to 1953, but Joseph's exact hospital project still needs contract-level identification.

Why it matters

The 1953 powerhouse is a substantial surviving industrial building from one of Long Island’s largest state-hospital campuses.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Strong

Likely substantial exterior brick masonry and heavy-duty interior/service masonry in the 1953 powerhouse. Exact historical photographs show a large multi-story brick industrial envelope; Kelly-specific wall quantities remain unproven.

This scope is recorded as strong, not documented. It is a disciplined reading of the building and the trade practice of the period, not a contract-level record of Kelly’s work.

03Who built it