America’s Gateway -
ELLIS ISLAND
New York Co., New
YORK &
Hudson Co., NEW
JERSEY
by
ELLIS Island is located at the mouth
of the Hudson River in in Upper New York Bay,
southwest of the southern tip of
On
April 11, 1890, the island was designated an official immigration station, and
on January 1, 1892, it opened. Over the
next 62 years, Ellis Island was the gateway to the
On
June 14, 1897, the building complex burned, and the island was closed until
December 17, 1990, when it reopened. In
1924, mass migrations to the
During
the 1917‑1919 and 1941‑1954 periods it was also used as a detention
center for suspected enemy aliens.
Finally on November 29, 1954, the old station closed its doors, after
admitting over 12,000,000 immigrants to American shores. In 1965, the island complex was given to the
National Park Service and it was added to the Statue of Liberty National
Monument, and in 1976 opened to the public for visits.
The
island was closed again in 1984 for a $156 million renovation and restoration
project. On September 10, 1990 the
If your ancestors came
through
We visited this fantastic
site in 1992, and needless to say, I was overwhelmed by what was then restored.
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