2024-07-222024-07-229/17/2023https://hdl.handle.net/10929/117146Main Immigration Building - front elevation: The monumental Main Immigration Building opened at the end of 1900 to replace the original wooden station that burned in 1897. The New York firm of Boring & Tilton was chosen as the architects after an invitational competition, only the second held under the Tarsney Act of 1893 allowing private architects to compete for government commissions. Both principal architects had studied at the �cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.Original file name Main Building on Ellis Island 04-05.jpg1972 x 1098Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.The Main Immigration BuildingEllis IslandEllis Island Immigration MuseumLiberty State ParkState ParkNew Jersey State ParkGateway to AmericaStatue of LibertyLegal ImmigrationGatewayJersey CityNJJerseyHudson CountyThe Garden StateNew York HarborNew York CityNYCNew YorkNational Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesNew York City Landmark