Registry Room
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The Registry Room is the vast main hall on Ellis Island where millions of immigrants were historically processed upon their arrival to the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Registry Room canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic immigration processing hall
ⓘ
interior space ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Hall
ⓘ
Main Hall ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ellis Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Statue of Liberty ⓘ |
| capacity | thousands of people per day (historical) ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currentUse |
ceremonial space for naturalization ceremonies
ⓘ
museum exhibition space ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Edward Lippincott Tilton
ⓘ
William A. Boring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endUseDateAsMainProcessingCenter | 1954 ⓘ |
| feature |
Guastavino tile vaulting
ⓘ
surface form:
Guastavino tile arches
balcony galleries ⓘ brick and limestone construction ⓘ large arched windows ⓘ rows of wooden benches (historical) ⓘ vaulted ceiling ⓘ |
| floorArea |
approximately 102 feet wide
ⓘ
approximately 200 feet long ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of Statue of Liberty National Monument ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ellis Island
ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| material |
Guastavino tile
ⓘ
brick ⓘ limestone ⓘ |
| oversees | immigrant inspection process (historical) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ellis Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellis Island Immigration Station
Ellis Island ⓘ
surface form:
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
|
| reopenedToPublic | 1990 ⓘ |
| restoredIn | 1980s ⓘ |
| significance |
primary processing point for millions of immigrants
ⓘ
symbol of American immigration history ⓘ |
| startUseDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legal inspections of immigrants
ⓘ
medical inspections of immigrants ⓘ questioning by immigration officials ⓘ registration of arriving immigrants ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
researchers of immigration history
ⓘ
school groups ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Great Hall (Ellis Island)