The Historian · Eleanor · New York
Castle Clinton National Monument
Before Ellis Island, this circular sandstone fort was the door to America. Built around 1811 to defend the harbor in the War of 1812, it later became Castle Garden, the nation's first official immigration station, processing some eight million arrivals between 1855 and 1890. It's also been an opera house and an aquarium. Few structures have lived so many lives.
An 1811 harbor fort that became the immigrant depot before Ellis Island — eight million arrived here.
— Eleanor, The Historian
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