1954Queens, New YorkHospital / Health

Creedmoor State Hospital

Rita recorded “Creedmoor State Hospital” for 1954.

From Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Creedmoor State Hospital — 1954

Identification still open — no building photograph assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity
Open
Kelly connection
Family source
Masonry scope
Unresolved

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Creedmoor State Hospital — 1954

Transcription: Creedmoor State Hospital — 1954

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

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Sheet

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As written

“Creedmoor State Hospital — 1954”

The exact project or site has not yet been identified.

Why it matters

Creedmoor began as a farm colony on land once used as a rifle range and grew into a vast hospital city. By 1959 it held about 7,000 inpatients. Joseph's 1954 entry belongs to that peak expansion, although the exact building or alteration he worked on has not yet been identified.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Unresolved

The masonry package on this job has not been established. The entry rests on the family record alone, and nothing further is claimed here.

03Who built it

The construction team

The construction team for this job has not yet been established.

04What happened

What happened to it

Altered

On the map

Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens Village, NY

Altered

Sources

4 citedOpen →
What this record rests on
  1. 01
    tile.loc.gov

    ny1739data

  2. 02
    picryl.com

    creedmoor+state+hospital

  3. 03
    tile.loc.gov

    ny1981cap

  4. 04
    omh.ny.gov

    visitor guide

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