The Immigrant Inn ( pt-BR, Hospedaria dos Imigrantes) is a building in São Paulo. Construction started in 1886, and opened in 1887 (before completion),
with the first group of immigrants arriving on 5 June 1887,
before construction was completed in 1888.
It was the main place for new immigrants to stay when arriving in the state of São Paulo
at a time when
coffee production in Brazil
Brazil produces about a third of the world's coffee, making the country by far the world's largest producer. Coffee plantations, covering some , are mainly located in the southeastern states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná where the en ...
was being expanded and
slavery in Brazil
Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement was established in 1516, with members of one tribe enslaving captured members of another. Later, colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labor during the initial phases ...
had been abolished.
During the 19th and 20th century, people from over 70 nationalities arrived in Brazil,
and over 2.5 million passed through the hostel.
It replaced a former hostel in the
Bom Retiro district that was in poor condition and lacked basic sanitation. The new hostel was designed by
Mateus Haüssler, and was built with piped gas, zinc baths, and iron water storage containers. It was constructed next to a railway line by which immigrants arrived.
It was managed by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Public Works from 1892 until 1905, the Department of Lands, Colonisation and Immigration (DTCI) from 1905 until 1939, the Immigration and Colonization Service (SIC) from 1939 until its closure.
In 1924 it was used as a political prison during the
Tenente revolts
Tenentism ( pt, tenentismo) was a political philosophy of junior army officers ( pt, tenentes, , ''lieutenants'') who significantly contributed to the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
Background
The first decades of the 20th century saw marked econ ...
, and again in 1932 during the
Constitutionalist Revolution
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 (sometimes also referred to as Paulista War or Brazilian Civil War) is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 whe ...
. In the 1930s it started to host migrant workers from elsewhere in Brazil. It was renamed as the Department of Migrants in 1967/68. It received immigrants from
Korea
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in 1978, shortly before closing that year after 91 years of operation.
It was renovated in 1936 and expanded in 1952,
with refurbishment also in 1958.
It was listed by
Condephaat in 1982.
It now hosts the
Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo, and the part of the building that holds the museum was refurbished in 2010–2014.
References
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[{{cite web, title=History of the Museum, url=http://www.museudaimigracao.org.br/en/o-museu/historico//, website=www.museudaimigracao.org.br, accessdate=13 October 2017, language=en]
[{{cite web, title=Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo, url=http://www.cidadedesaopaulo.com/sp/br/museus/4426-museu-da-imigracao-do-estado-de-sao-paulo, website=www.cidadedesaopaulo.com, accessdate=14 October 2017, language=pt-br]
[{{cite news, title=Após reforma, Museu da Imigração reabre em SP neste sábado, url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/cultura/noticia/2014-05/apos-reforma-museu-da-imigracao-reabre-em-sp-neste-sabado, work=Agência Brasil – Últimas notícias do Brasil e do mundo, date=31 May 2014, language=pt-br]
[{{cite web, title=Hospedaria 130, url=http://www.museudaimigracao.org.br/destaque-home/mi-inaugura-exposicao-hospedaria-130/, website=www.museudaimigracao.org.br, accessdate=15 October 2017]
[{{cite web, title=Hospedaria dos Imigrantes, url=http://www.arquicultura.fau.usp.br/index.php/encontre-o-bem-tombado/uso-original/assistencia-e-saude/hospedaria-dos-imigrantes, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022002346/http://www.arquicultura.fau.usp.br/index.php/encontre-o-bem-tombado/uso-original/assistencia-e-saude/hospedaria-dos-imigrantes, url-status=dead, archive-date=22 October 2017, website=www.arquicultura.fau.usp.br, accessdate=21 October 2017, language=pt-BR]
Buildings and structures in São Paulo
Government buildings completed in 1888