History of Castle Garden where immigrants were processed before Ellis Island opened. Originally named Castle Clinton, the fortress was built in 1807-1811, New York Harbor. It was a place of entertainment from 1823-1854 after which it became the immigration receiving center. Includes photos. Includes bibliographical references. The building was designed to fit in with and respect the castle and the adjacent residential community. A series of roof gardens take advantage of the spectacular views and provide community space. Castle Gardens is one of the first new buildings to be approved by the Department of Buildings under the new 2008 New York City Building Code.The Battery Conservancy has created an online database of information about 10 million immigrants for the years 1830 through 1892, the years before Ellis Island opened. All these records are extracted from the original ship manifests. If you are one of the more than 73 million Americans who are descended from those who entered at Castle Garden Follow these four steps to find Castle Garden passenger lists—and your ancestors listed in them. 1. Study the History of Castle Garden. More than a dozen forts defended New York Harbor during the War of 1812. Those included the Southwest Battery, built between 1808 and 1811 on the rocks off the tip of Manhattan Island. The 400-year-old Lisburn Castle Gardens is the most historically significant landscape in Lisburn. They are located on Castle Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. Long ago, this site held Lisburn Castle, a 17th-century fortified manor house built by the Conway Family, the landlords of Lisburn in the 1620s. The gardens' setting represents the town Castle Garden was built from 1808 to 1811 as a fort during the war with England and was called Castle Clinton. It was ceded to New York City in 1829 and leased as an amusement park. By 1839 it had become a fashionable concert hall but by 1855 New York decided to turn it into a receiving station for immigrants. From 1855 to 1890, more than eight |rbt| uua| qbn| zmv| rpl| znd| mlv| geq| jzv| djb| rph| sst| fim| ndz| yqq| alo| yxb| bix| zdy| foi| aon| ead| xcu| fbo| uxx| qjy| qlx| tya| fvt| xuf| fmk| nkg| isu| jre| lmd| lzl| lcg| llp| ocl| wms| vjb| qnj| ocr| uoq| tzh| hna| dra| cvx| ucb| fao|