the doctor at Quarantine. The immigrants
are then ushered into the rotunda, a high-roofed circular building, into which ventilation
and light are admitted by a dome seventy-five feet high. The floor is divided into small
enclosures containing a post office, telegraph office, money exchange, and a restaurant.

As the crowd files in, each passenger is detained for a moment at the registration
desk, where his name, age, nationality, destination, the vessel's name and the date of
arrival are carefully recorded and preserved. When the registration is complete, a clerk
announces the names of the passengers who have friends waiting for them, or for whom
letters, telegrams or remittances have been received, and delivery is made to the person
answering. The immigrants are guarded against swindlers by a broker's office in the
rotunda where coin is exchanged for billsat the lowest current rates and where valuables
may be deposited without charge. Those who want rest are permitted to remain in the
rotunda, where a bowl of coffee, tea, or milk and a small loaf of bread are supplied to
them for ten cents". ( "The Immigrant's Progress" Scribner's Monthly,
Vol XIV, Number 5, Sept 1877)

"Such is Castle Garden as a great national refuge for the emigrant from all
lands. It has nothing to parallel it on the continent of Europe. It stands alone in its
noble and utilitarian character." ("Castle Garden", The New York Times
Marine Intelligence Column, 23 December 1866.)

Phillip was naturalized in 1876. In the 1880 census the Koehler are living at 382
Wallabout, Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY. By 1900, according to census records, they owned their
home at 143 Wyckoff Ave, Queens