How Did Ellis Island Build

When Ellis Island was very first built there were many problems with the structure of the building and how it was built. These problems would come to impact Ellis Island the older it got. At first, the building was built with pine and a slate roof. In addition, there was not enough room for the amount of immigrants they were receiving. The immigrants had no place to stay when they were being processed, the lines that they had to wait in were too narrow and the roof was always leaking on them. (Sonia Benson, Ellis Island) In favor of the rapid pace of immigration in June of 1897 the building burned down. This event led to the government being forced to build a safer building for the immigrants and all of the workers working there. Ellis Island continued to develop and over time everything continued to improve. In 1900 the new building was complete which allowed immigrants to come to America and encounter their dreams. With the new building Ellis Island was allowing more immigrants and …show more content…
Before Ellis Island when immigration was processed and performed at Castle Garden, an old American fort that was on the southern tip of Manhattan. Many services were performed at Castle Garden. Some including job questions, transportation information, and economic services. At the gardens was also lodging for those immigrants unable to afford or pay for housing. Though, when migration became much more rapid this location could not hold the amount of people it needed to each and every day. That is when the government decided to buy Ellis Island and make it a center for the immigration process. (Jennifer Stock, The Ellis Island Immigration Station Opens: January 1, 1892) Ellis Island allowed migrants to come into the United States and live the dream they wanted to. It was a big help in helping the big three waves of immigrants into to the country and allowing the culture we have today. (History.com staff, Ellis