Castle Gardens

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.

Castle gardens. The place was a cultural cacophony. During the next 35 years more than 8 million people passed through castle garden especially from germany and ireland and later from italy and eastern europe. Welcome to our website featuring the beautiful and historic ellon castle gardens set right in the heart of ellon.

Built from 1808 to 1811 it was the first u s. Castle garden opened to immigrants in 1855 on the eve of a dramatic wave of european immigration. The hearth at castle gardens is situated mere minutes away from museums award winning restaurants and some of the triple cities most popular shopping spots.

The structure has served as a fort theater opera house national immigrant receiving station and aquarium throughout its long history. It contains and makes available eleven million records of immigrants who arrived at the port of new york from 1820 1892. Immigration station predating ellis island where more than 8 million people arrived in the united states from 1855 to 1890.

America s first immigration center. While the old ellon castle dates back to the 15th century the gardens reached their current size in the early 18th century and in their time were some of the finest in scotland. There is no separate set of records for castle garden as there is for ellis island.

Castle clinton also referred to as castle garden is a fort and national monument located in battery park at the southern tip of manhattan in new york city. Beautiful and historic ellon castle gardens.