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Aloysius C. O'Kelly (1853-1936) THE GOOD SAMARITAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NEW YORK oil on board signed lower right h:9.50  w:12.50 in. Provenance: Ross's, 7 March 2012, lot 17; Private collection Good Samaritan Lutheran Church (est. 1917) served the large German immigrant population living on Blackwell's Island, later known as Welfare Island (from 1921 when it was used principally for hospitals) and ultimately Roosevelt Island from 1973. By the 1950s, most of the island's institutions had relocated or closed among them the Good Samaritan Lutheran church which was abandoned and ultimately demolished.