1971Bayside, Queens, New YorkHospital / Health

Ozanam Hall of Queens Nursing Home

The 'Carmelite Nursing Home' on the list is almost certainly Ozanam Hall, which opened in 1971 and is still there.

From Rita’s list

No building photograph is currently assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

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

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Carmelite Nursing Home — 1971

Transcription: Carmelite Nursing Home — 1971

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-083

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“Carmelite Nursing Home — 1971”

Ozanam Hall opened in November 1971 with 432 beds under the Carmelite Sisters.

Why it matters

Ozanam Hall opened in 1971 as a 432-bed nursing and rehabilitation home created by the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm. Its motto—'The difference is love'—turns an institutional building into a story about a particular philosophy of care. Rita's date matches the opening era, and the organization still serves older New Yorkers on the same campus, giving Joseph's entry an unusually direct human continuity.

Verification notes

Research pass v0.8 — Verified. Identity and chronology reviewed against cited sources. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-083_Ozanam_Hall_current.png

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: most likely CMU/concrete-block partitions, shafts, stair/elevator enclosures and other fire-rated/service walls; exterior brick or masonry backup is also plausible where the hospital addition used a masonry facade.

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