Castle Clinton - wikipedia Castle Clinton `` Castle Garden '' redirects here. For the unincorporated community in Indiana, see Castle Garden, Indiana. Castle Clinton National Monument Castle Garden U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Monument NYC Landmark Castle Clinton in Battery Park Photo : Historic American Buildings Survey Show map of Lower Manhattan Show map of Manhattan Show map of New York Show map of the US Show all Location Battery Park, Manhattan, New York City Coordinates Coordinates : 40 ° 42 ′ 13 '' N 74 ° 01 ′ 00 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 40.7035 ° N 74.0168 ° W ﻿ / 40.7035 ; - 74.0168 Area 1 acre ( 0.40 ha ) Built 1808 Architect John McComb, Jr. ; Jonathan Williams ; U.S. War Department Visitation 2,949,231 ( 2004 ) Website Castle Clinton National Monument NRHP reference # 66000537 Significant dates Added to NRHP October 15, 1966 Designated NMON August 12, 1946 Designated NYCL November 23, 1965 Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton, previously known as Castle Garden, is a circular sandstone fort now located in Battery Park, in Manhattan, New York City. It is perhaps best remembered as America 's first immigration station ( predating Ellis Island ), where more than 8 million people arrived in the United States from 1855 to 1890. Over its active life, it has also functioned as a beer garden, exhibition hall, theater, and public aquarium, and currently is a national monument. Contents 1 Historic use 2 19th century 3 Immigration holding center 4 20th century to present 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links Historic Use Castle Clinton stands approximately two blocks west of where Fort Amsterdam was built in 1626, when New York City was known by the Dutch name New Amsterdam. Construction began in 1808 and was completed in 1811. The fort, known as West Battery ( sometimes Southwest Battery ), was designed by architects John McComb, Jr. and Jonathan Williams. It was built on a small artificial island just off shore. West Battery was intended to complement the three - tiered Castle Williams on Governors Island, which was East Battery, to defend New York City from British forces in the tensions that marked the run - up to the War of 1812, but it never saw action in that or any war. Subsequent landfill expanded Battery Park, and the fort was incorporated into the mainland of Manhattan Island. Castle Clinton National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. 19th century The Bay and Harbor of New York by Samuel Waugh ( 1814 -- 1885 ), depicting the castle in 1848 First Appearance of Jenny Lind in America, at Castle Garden, September 11, 1850 ( Engraving by Currier and Ives ) Aerial view illustration of Manhattan, showing Castle Garden at its tip, ca. 1880 The New York City Aquarium was once housed at Castle Garden ( image before 1923 ) West Battery was renamed Castle Clinton in 1815, its current official name, in honor of New York City Mayor DeWitt Clinton ( who eventually became Governor of New York ). The United States Army stopped using the fort in 1821, and it was leased to New York City as a place of public entertainment. It opened as Castle Garden on July 3, 1824, a name by which it was popularly known for most of its existence, even to the present time. It served in turn as a promenade, beer garden / restaurant, exhibition hall, opera house, and theater. Designed as an open - air structure, it was eventually roofed over to accommodate these uses. In 1850, the castle was the site of two concerts given for charity by Swedish soprano Jenny Lind to initiate her American tour. A year later, European dancing star Lola Montez performed her notorious `` tarantula dance '' in Castle Garden. In 1853 -- 54, Louis - Antoine Jullien, the eccentric French conductor and composer of light music, gave dozens of very successful concerts mixing classical and light music. The Max Maretzek Italian Opera Company notably staged the New York premieres of Gaetano Donizetti 's Marino Faliero on June 17, 1851, and Giuseppe Verdi 's Luisa Miller on July 20, 1854, at Castle Garden. Immigration holding center In the first half of the 19th century, most immigrants arriving in New York City landed at docks on the east side of the tip of Manhattan, around South Street. On August 1, 1855, Castle Clinton became the Emigrant Landing Depot, functioning as the New York State immigrant processing center ( the nation 's first such entity ). It was operated by the state until April 18, 1890, when the U.S. government assumed control of immigration processing, soon moving the center to the larger, more isolated Ellis Island facility on January 2, 1892. The new facility was needed because immigrants were known to carry diseases, which led to epidemics of cholera and smallpox. After many unnecessary deaths, and scandals over immigration workers cheating and stealing from immigrants, the immigration center was moved to Ellis Island. Most of Castle Clinton 's immigrant passenger records were destroyed in a fire that consumed the first structures on Ellis Island on 15 June 1897, but it is generally accepted that over 8 million immigrants ( and perhaps as many as 12 million ) were processed during its operation. Called Kesselgarten by Yiddish - speaking Eastern European Jews, a Kesselgarten became a generic term for any situation that was noisy, confusing or chaotic, or where a `` babel '' of languages was spoken ( a reference to the multitude of languages heard spoken by the immigrants from many countries at the site ). Prominent persons associated with the administration of the immigrant station included Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, Friedrich Kapp, and John Alexander Kennedy. 20th century to present From 1896 to 1941, Castle Garden was the site of the New York City Aquarium. For many years, it was the city 's most popular attraction, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The structure was extensively altered and roofed over to a height of several stories, though the original masonry fort remained. In 1941, the politically powerful Park Commissioner Robert Moses wanted to tear the structure down completely, claiming that this was necessary to build a crossing from the Battery to Brooklyn. The public outcry at the loss of a popular recreation site and landmark stymied his effort at demolition, but the aquarium was closed and not replaced until Moses opened a new facility on Coney Island in 1957. With efforts from Albert S. Bard, Walter D. Binger, and other civic reformers, the Castle was saved and finally became a national monument. Although Castle Garden was designated a national monument on August 12, 1946 ; the law did not take effect until July 18, 1950, when the legislature and the governor of New York ( Thomas Dewey ) formally ceded ownership of the property to the federal government. A major rehabilitation took place in the 1970s. It is currently administered by the National Park Service and is a departure point for visitors to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. It appears today much as it did in its earliest days ; it has a museum and is again called Castle Clinton. Notes Jump up ^ National Park Service ( 2009 - 03 - 13 ). `` National Register Information System ''. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Jump up ^ Brodsky Lawrence pg. 314 Jump up ^ George Whitney Martin pg. 184 Jump up ^ About.com, `` Castle Garden -- America 's First Official Immigration Center '' Jump up ^ LeMay, Michael ( 2013 ). Transforming America : Perspectives on U.S. Immigration. Santa Barbara, California : ABC - CLIO, LLC. pp. 204 -- 206. ISBN 978 - 0 - 313 - 39643 - 4. Jump up ^ The New York Times, 15 June 1897, `` Fire on Ellis Island '' Jump up ^ Author : Caro, Robert A., The Power Broker : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York, Knopf, 1974. ISBN 0 - 394 - 72024 - 5 References Castle Garden as an Immigrant Depot, 1855 -- 1890, by George J Svejda ( 1968 ) Castle Garden and Battery Park by Barry Moreno ( 2007 ) Guide to the New York Aquarium by Charles H. Townsend ( 1919 ) Vera Brodsky Lawrence ( 1995 ). Strong on Music : The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton. University of Chicago Press. George Whitney Martin ( 2011 ). Verdi in America : Oberto Through Rigoletto. University Rochester Press. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castle Clinton National Monument. Official website Castle Clinton from GORP The Battery Conservancy CastleGarden.org, searchable database of 13.3 million immigrants arriving in New York before 1892 ( 90 % complete ) Links to related articles Protected areas of New York Federal National Historic Sites, Parks and Districts Christman Eleanor Roosevelt Harriet Tubman Home of Franklin D. 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Question: where did immigrants land in new york before ellis island
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