1971Queens / New York CityFinancial

Chemical Bank — Northern Boulevard & 196th Street, Flushing

A Federal Reserve branch approval may have solved the location: Chemical Bank was authorized in 1971 to open at Northern Boulevard and 196th Street in Flushing.

From Rita’s list

No building photograph is currently assigned.

01The story

Why this project matters

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

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Chemical Bank - Flushing — 1971

Transcription: Chemical Bank - Flushing — 1971

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-084

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“Chemical Bank - Flushing — 1971”

Federal Reserve records show Chemical Bank's Flushing branch at the northeast corner of Northern Boulevard and 196th Street was approved in May 1971.

Why it matters

A Federal Reserve record anchors the Chemical Bank branch to Northern Boulevard and 196th Street, giving the project unusually specific location evidence.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: most likely interior CMU/block shafts, service cores, fire-rated partitions and masonry backup; exterior brickwork is likely only if the project-specific facade was brick rather than stone, precast, metal or glass.

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