1986Chelsea, Manhattan, New YorkResidential

231 West 21st Street — 1986 alteration, not new apartment construction

The building is nearly a century older than Joseph's job date.

The building itself. It does not document the specific 1986 alteration on the list.

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01The story

Why this project matters

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

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Apartment Building - 231 W. 21 Street — 1986

Transcription: Apartment Building - 231 W. 21 Street — 1986

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-190

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“Apartment Building - 231 W. 21 Street — 1986”

231 West 21st Street dates to 1899, so the 1986 project was an alteration or rehabilitation.

Why it matters

The 1986 work was an alteration to an existing West 21st Street building, illustrating that the family list includes renovations as well as new construction.

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