U.S. Mint Building at Philadelphia

The story

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The U.S. Mint Building at Philadelphia is a granite building at 1700 Spring Garden St., built in 1901 in an Italian Renaissance Revival palazzo form. The nomination also calls the style Late Victorian Renaissance Revival and names William Martin Aiken as an architect.

Why it's listed

It was listed in the National Register in 2021 under criteria A, B, C and D, with national and state level significance in architecture and in politics and government. Its significance runs from 1901 to 1969, beginning with the 1901 construction, and criteria consideration G applies.

Physical character

Rusticated stonework covers the first floor over large cut blocks at the base, and the second and third floors are smooth ashlar. A central monumental stair climbs to a portico of three arched openings, framed by columns and a stone balustrade. The foundation is concrete and stone, and marble appears inside as terrazzo and in a stairway. A stone wall topped by a metal balustrade encloses a courtyard below grade, and metal grates cover the windows.

Historical context

The building held government offices, and William Van Ingen's encaustic murals were complete by 1910. The Treasury removed mosaics in 1971, and a college occupied it at the time of listing.