1967Manhattan, New YorkFinancial

55 Wall Street — 1967 alteration

Joseph worked at 55 Wall Street only two years after New York had formally declared the building a landmark.

The colonnaded facade of 55 Wall Street, photographed in 2024.

Current view · 2024 · Photo: Kidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Source

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity: Verified
Kelly connection: Family source
Masonry scope: Probable

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: 55 Wall Street — 1967

Transcription: 55 Wall Street — 1967

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-052

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“55 Wall Street — 1967”

The building layers an 1830s Merchants' Exchange with a 1904–10 McKim, Mead & White banking expansion; Joseph's 1967 job occurred after landmark protection was already in place.

Why it matters

Unlike many entries where Joseph helped make something new, this appears to be work inside a building New York had already decided was historic.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: selective masonry alteration/restoration: likely brick or stone repair/rebuilding, repointing, opening/infill work, plus new CMU/block backing or partitions where the renovation required them.

This scope is recorded as probable, 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