former Angel Island Immigration Station

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/former_Angel_Island_Immigration_Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic site
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1971
gptkbp:area approximately 740 acres (entire island)
gptkbp:closed 1940
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:museum
historic site
gptkbp:function immigration processing center
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:California_Department_of_Parks_and_Recreation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label former Angel Island Immigration Station
gptkbp:location gptkb:Angel_Island,_San_Francisco_Bay,_California,_USA
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Ellis_Island_of_the_West
gptkbp:notableFor Chinese Exclusion Act enforcement
detaining and interrogating immigrants
poetry carved on walls by detainees
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 71000164
gptkbp:opened 1910
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Angel_Island_State_Park
gptkbp:processedImmigrantsFrom gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:Russia
other Asian and Pacific countries
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Angel_Island_Immigration_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7