{"nrhp_refnum":"66000058","name":"Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island","other_names":["Ellis Island","Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Liberty Island, New York Harbor","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.693998160000035,"lon":-74.04432647055378,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Military","Engineering","European","Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A national monument in upper New York Harbor made up of Liberty Island, which holds the Statue of Liberty on the star-shaped Fort Wood, and nearby Ellis Island, the former federal immigration station. The statue was built in France between 1875 and 1884 and dedicated in 1886.","why_significant":"The Statue of Liberty is argued to be universally significant for its physical scale and its symbolism of liberty and opportunity, as well as for its sculptural and engineering achievement. Fort Wood is noted as an outstanding example of a non-bastioned star fort. Ellis Island is significant as the gateway for more than 16 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954.","narrative":"Liberty Island and Ellis Island in upper New York Harbor together form a national monument tied to American ideals and immigration. On Liberty Island, the copper Statue of Liberty, designed by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, was built in France between 1875 and 1884 and dedicated in 1886. It rises 152 feet above a granite-faced pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt, set within the eleven-point star of Fort Wood, a harbor fortification built in 1811 and rebuilt in 1844. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel designed the iron framework supporting the copper sheets. The statue was conceived as a joint memorial to French and American friendship, and public subscription organized by Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper paid for the pedestal. Nearby Ellis Island served as the federal immigration station from 1892 to 1954, processing upwards of 16 million arrivals. Its main building and great examination hall remain its best-known features. Ellis Island became part of the monument in 1965.","period_of_significance":"1875-1884","architect_builder":"Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (statue); Richard Morris Hunt (pedestal); Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (iron framework)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Liberty Island is a developed, publicly accessible area with a museum. The Ellis Island form describes buildings unheated since 1954, with preservation work in progress and the site not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.900926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000058/4307c2968e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000058/4307c2968e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"originally uploaded by OptimumPx on en-wp (file log)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liberty_and_Ellis_Island.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">originally uploaded by OptimumPx on en-wp (file log)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liberty_and_Ellis_Island.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319959","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_National_Monument","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359939"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/statue-of-liberty-national-monument-ellis-island-and-liberty-island-66000058/"}