1975Manhattan, New YorkEducation

Ferris Booth Hall — 1970s renovation / café-lounge work

Joseph's 1975 Columbia job was probably a renovation inside a student center alumni still remember fondly.

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: Columbia University - Ferris Booth Hall — 1975

Transcription: Columbia University - Ferris Booth Hall — 1975

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-108

Sheet

1 of two

As written

“Columbia University - Ferris Booth Hall — 1975”

Ferris Booth Hall was later demolished and replaced by Lerner Hall, so Joseph's work no longer survives.

Why it matters

Joseph worked on a beloved student building that disappeared — a strong memory card rather than a pure architecture card.

Verification notes

Research pass v0.8 — Verified. Identity and chronology reviewed against cited sources. | v3.6.12 photo selected and staged: KM-108_Ferris_Booth_Hall_Columbia_official.webp

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Family source

Scope confidence

Probable

Likely: selective masonry alteration: likely CMU/block partitions and fire-rated walls, infill or enlargement of openings, patching/rebuilding of existing masonry, and localized brick/stone work rather than the building's original structural frame.

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