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Fortunately, there were only 200 people on Ellis Island the night of June 14, 1897. Shortly after midnight, without warning, a disastrous fire broke out. The buildings of pine went up in flames as if they had been made of paper. The slate roof of the main building crashed in within an hour and by dawn there was hardly a trace of the station left. Yet, not one life was lost.
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What major disaster struck Ellis Island in 1897?
On the evening of June 14, 1897 there was a HUGE fire that burned the entire immigration center to the ground. No lives were lost but many immigration files dating back to 1855 burned along with the pine building. It was quickly rebuilt and reopened December 18, 1900.
When was the second Ellis Island built?
The original Ellis Island Immigration Station opened on New Year's Day 1892. It burned to the ground just 5 years later, on June 15, 1897. Construction of the present-day Ellis Island Immigration Station (which is now the Ellis Island Immigration Museum) started almost immediately after the original one burned down. Edward Lippincott Tilton and William A. Boring won the design competition in 1897, and by 1900, the Main Building was completed. The Main Powerhouse, Hospital Building and Kitchen and Laundry Buildings were all completed in 1901.
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