Stouffer's Inn of Westchester — post-fire reconstruction/repair
Joseph appears to have helped rebuild Stouffer's immediately after one of Westchester's deadliest fires.
From Rita’s list
No building photograph is currently assigned.
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Strong
Rita’s list
Transcription: Stauffers - Harison, NY — 1981
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
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“Stauffers - Harison, NY — 1981”
The December 1980 fire killed 26 people and gutted the conference center. Stouffer's reopened on April 4, 1981 — the same year on the family list.
Likely post-fire masonry reconstruction focused on damaged exterior masonry/brick veneer and interior brick areas, plus any fire-separation or opening rebuilds required during the 1981 restoration. The NFPA report confirms masonry-and-brick construction in the conference facility, but the exact Kelly package still requires the reconstruction drawings/specifications.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Strong
Likely fire-damage masonry reconstruction: rebuilding CMU fire/service walls, brick/block partitions and damaged exterior/interior masonry during the rapid 1981 restoration after the fatal 1980 fire.
This scope is recorded as strong, 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.
The construction team
The construction team for this job has not yet been established.
What happened to it
Closed; redevelopment approved/planned
Harrison planning records continued to process the Renaissance Harrison project at 80 West Red Oak Lane through 2025–26. The plan would replace the shuttered hotel site with a large residential mixed-use community; the Harrison school district projected the 736-unit project across 2027–29.
Sources
4 citedOpen →
- 01upi.com
9180344754000
- 02stouffersinnfire.com
stouffers inn of westchester nfpa fire investigators 4
- 03harrison-ny.gov
planning board agenda 147
- 04resources.finalsite.net
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