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Ellis Island officially opened as an immigration station on January 1, 1892. Seventeen-year-old Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland was the first immigrant to be processed at the new federal immigration depot.
By 1890, a place for processing immigrants was desperately needed. Ellis was the perfect place. Ellis Island: The Immigration Center. STRUCTURE OF THE ISLAND: Ellis Island, the immigration station opened in 1892. It was so elegant; many thought it was a resort hotel.