Treasury Department
- Architects
- Robert Mills Alfred B. Mullett Thomas Ustick Walter Alexander Hamilton Bowman Ammi B. Young Isaiah Rogers
- Year
- 1836
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
The Treasury Building at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and its image appears on the back of the ten-dollar bill. Construction on the current building began in 1836 under Robert Mills, with the work carried on for decades afterward by Alfred B. Mullett, Thomas Ustick Walter, Ammi B. Young, Alexander Hamilton Bowman, and Isaiah Rogers, giving it a Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival appearance built up over a long, staged campaign rather than in one sustained push.
the building
The first Treasury. When the federal government moved from Philadelphia to Washington in 1800 under an executive order from President John Adams, the only building ready to receive it was the original Treasury building beside the President's House: a two-story Federal/Georgian red brick structure, 147 feet long and 57 feet wide, with 16 rooms on the first floor and 15 on the second. Of the 131 relocated federal workers, 69 were housed there — more than half the entire government.
the style
The building combines Greek Revival and Renaissance Revival architecture. Construction spanned decades, beginning with Robert Mills in 1836 and continuing through later phases carried out by Alfred B. Mullett, Thomas Ustick Walter, Ammi B. Young, Alexander Hamilton Bowman, and Isaiah Rogers.
More on Renaissance Revivalsignificance
The Treasury Building is a National Historic Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a DC Historic Landmark. Its image appears on the reverse of the U.S. ten-dollar bill.
nearby
- National Metropolitan Bank
- Hotel Washington
- Chase's Theater and Riggs Building
- Willard InterContinental Washington
- Riggs National Bank
- Freedman's Bank Building