San Francisco Mint building

Architect: Gilbert Stanley Underwood
Year: 1937
Style: Neoclassical
City: San Francisco, CA

This is the San Francisco Mint building, completed May 15, 1937, and designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood in the Classical Revival style. It stands as the city's mint facility, carrying forward San Francisco's long association with the wealth of the Gold Rush era, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

the style

Underwood designed the building in the Classical Revival style, a formal classical idiom used here for a federal institution charged with producing the nation's coinage.

the architect

Gilbert Stanley Underwood was a federal architect of note, and this Mint building, completed in 1937, is among his notable works.

significance

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is tied to San Francisco's historic role as a US Mint city rooted in Gold Rush-era wealth.

nearby

Charles Dietle House 0.3 mi · Eastlake · 1878
San Francisco Armory 0.4 mi · Moorish / Mudéjar · 1912
Mission San Francisco de Asís 0.4 mi · Spanish Colonial · 1776
Painted Ladies 0.5 mi · Queen Anne
Trinity Presbyterian Church 0.6 mi · Romanesque Revival
St. Joseph's Hospital 0.6 mi

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