Resurrection Mausoleum, St. John Cemetery
One of Joseph's most masonry-forward projects: a 3,000-crypt mausoleum in Queens.
Resurrection Mausoleum at the St. John Cemetery, Queens. Photographed in 2020; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
Current view · 2020 · Photo: Renata3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
Why this project matters
- Project identity
- Verified
- Kelly connection
- Family source
- Masonry scope
- Strong
Rita’s list
Transcription: Resurrection Mausoleum - St. John's Cemetery — 1987
Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record
KM-194
2 of two
“Resurrection Mausoleum - St. John's Cemetery — 1987”
Contemporary history places the mausoleum's completion around 1986, just before Joseph's 1987 entry.
A masonry-intensive late-career project where the material craft is visible in the building's permanent ceremonial character.
What Kelly did here
Family source
Strong
Likely primary mausoleum masonry construction: CMU/block structural/partition walls, brick or stone facing/veneer, crypt-wall support and ceremonial masonry finishes.
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
- 01Owner / client
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn / Catholic Cemeteries
- 02GC / construction manager
Turner Construction Company
What happened to it
Still standing
80-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, NY 11379
Sources
3 citedOpen →
- 01ccbklyn.org
community mausoleum crypts and cremation niches st john
- 02blasts.bermangrp.com
security
- 03junipercivic.com
the history of st johns cemetery middle village
- Renata3 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2020-09-27
Resurrection Mausoleum at the St. John Cemetery, Queens. Photographed in 2020; a current view, not a construction-period photograph.
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