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The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint. Opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush, in twenty years its operations exceeded the capacity of the first building. It moved into a new one in 1874, now known as the Old San Francisco Mint. In 1937 Mint operations moved into a third building, the current ...
The Old San Francisco Mint was the second building of the San Francisco branch, replacing the original building which had been built in 1854. The new building, which started construction on April 1, 1869, and was completed in November, 1874, was designed by Alfred B. Mullett in a conservative Greek Revival style with a sober Doric order. [5]
It led to the Financial District and is the location of both the original San Francisco Mint and the California headquarters for the Hudson's Bay Company. After a new Mint building at Fifth and Mission Streets opened in 1874, the original Mint was demolished and replaced with a U.S. Sub-Treasury building, completed in 1877.
1907 building by San Francisco architect Henry Geilfuss used as a meat packing plant and smokehouse by Armour and Company until 1934 [6] 8: ... Old U.S. Mint.
Yeon Building (San Francisco) 432 Jackson Street March 16, 1970 SFDL 25 Moulinie Building: 458–60 Jackson Street ... Old San Francisco Mint: 88 5th Street
The Millennium Tower, a ritzy San Francisco building that is home to athletes, celebrities and Google employees, is leaning 26 inches to the side, a tilt that is expected to increase another three ...
A coin press built for the San Francisco Mint by Morgan & Orr in 1873. It is currently located at the ANA Money Museum in Colorado Springs. The San Francisco branch, opened in 1854 to serve the goldfields of the California Gold Rush, uses an S mint mark. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new facility in 1874.
First San Francisco Mint building: 87: First San Francisco Mint building: 608-610 Commercial St. Financial District: Fort Gunnybags: 90: Fort Gunnybags: S side of Sacramento St. between Davis and Front sts.