The Mint Project (San Francisco, CA)

Current view of restored Mint

Photo of Mint from from 1900s

The San Francisco Mint, bearing the name "The Granite Lady", located on Fifth and Mission Street, played an important role in the U.S. economy. For sixty-three years, spaning from 1874 to 1937, it housed one third of the nation's capital.

It is one of the five buildings in San Francisco to be designated a National Historic Landmark. It recieved this distinction in 1961, acknowledging its importance as "the last major example of classical revival architecture” in the United States.

By 2011, the mint which is located in the center of the downtown area, will house the following:

-the Museum of San Francisco and the Bay Area
-the American Money Museum
-a proposed new location for the San Francisco Visitors Information Center
-a Museum Store and several dining and retail venues
-rental space for events and cultural festivals

The Mint Project experience san francisco

http://www.themintproject.org/index.php

San Francisco, California