Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1917 — Castle Garden. [ARTICLE]

Castle Garden.

Castle Garden, New York, was built by the United States in 1807, from the plans of Lieut. Col. Jonathan Williams, C. T., and was called Fort Clinton. In 1832 it was ceded to the city; in 1824 it became a place of amusement, and about 1826 got its present name. In TSMS there were Ethiopian minstrels there; in 1847-49 theatrftal companies played there. In 1855 it was closed as a place of amuseriient and the commissioner _of emigration took iVasauL end: grant depot. In |B7d it suffered from fire, and on July 9, 1876, it was burned to the ground. It was rebuilt at once. In 1892 the depot was moved to Ellis Island and Castle Garden reverted to the citu, which in 1896 opened an aquarium there.