A Life Built in New York
1990Manhattan, New YorkCultural

The Jewish Museum — 1990–1993 expansion and renovation

Kelly’s 1990 entry lines up with the start of Kevin Roche’s major Gothic Revival expansion.

The Jewish Museum — 1990–1993 expansion and renovation — The Warburg mansion on Fifth Avenue in 2009. Not every facade element visible here belongs to the 1990–1993 expansion.

The Warburg mansion on Fifth Avenue in 2009. Not every facade element visible here belongs to the 1990–1993 expansion.

Current view · 2009 · Photo: Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

01The story

Why this project matters

Project identity
Verified
Kelly connection
Corroborated
Masonry scope
Strong

Rita’s list

Rita Bartscherer’s handwritten entry: Jewish Museum — 1990

Transcription: Jewish Museum — 1990

Recorded by Rita Bartscherer · Bartscherer family record

Entry

KM-204

Sheet

2 of two

As written

“Jewish Museum — 1990”

The project added about 11,000 square feet of exhibition space and deliberately extended the mansion’s Gothic vocabulary rather than contrasting with it.

02What Kelly did

What Kelly did here

Kelly connection

Corroborated

Scope confidence

Strong

Most likely the concrete-block (CMU) infill/backing walls of the steel-framed Roche addition and related block/mortar work; specialty Indiana-limestone carving/facing was a distinct Cathedral Stoneworks scope.

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.

Direct Kelly evidence

Robert Massina, principal/president of Kelly Masonry, lists the Jewish Museum among Kelly projects in his professional profile. This independently reinforces Rita's 1990 entry; the June 1990 Yale specification remains the best route to period trade proof.

03Who built it

The construction team

  1. 01Owner / client

    The Jewish Museum

  2. 02Architect

    Kevin Roche

  3. 03GC / construction manager

    Tishman Construction

  4. 04Masonry

    Kelly Masonry

04What happened

What happened to it

Landmarked

On the map

1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128

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What this record rests on
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    nypap.org

    warburg mansion

  4. 04
    divinestone.org

    every time i finish a stone it makes you feel good

  5. 05
    commons.wikimedia.org

    File:Warburg 1109 fifth.jpg

Image credits
  • Americasroof · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · 2009-03-16

    The Warburg mansion on Fifth Avenue in 2009. Not every facade element visible here belongs to the 1990–1993 expansion.

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