United States Mint – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Federal Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Designer:
Gilbert Stanley Underwood

Description

‘The United States Mint at San Francisco occupies an imposing site on the summit of a rocky hill overlooking Market Street, the main thoroughfare of the city. The southern approach consists of a double flight of winding stone steps to a platform from which a single flight extends to the portal in the wall of the building. There is only one approach for vehicles. The structure is built around a central court and is four stories in height. … The building is fireproof and is constructed of reinforced concrete with the exterior walls faced with granite. The design is simple and practically the only ornament consists of terra-cotta reproductions of United States coins which are inserted in the upper part of each of the piers between the windows. … The project was completed in May 1937 at a cost of $1,072,254.’–Short and Brown, p. 635.

Source notes

Short, C. W. (Charles Wilkins) and Stanley-Brown, R. (Rudolph). Public Buildings : a Survey of Architecture of Projects Constructed by Federal and Other Governmental Bodies between the Years 1933 and 1939 with the Assistance of the Public Works Administration. Washington, D.C. : Public Works Administration : U.S. G.P.O., 1939.

Location Info


155 Hermann St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
San Francisco County

Location notes:

Coordinates: 37.770100, -122.427000

Site Details

Total Cost
$1,072,254.00

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