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Old Mint Building

The Old San Francisco Mint is a building that served as the location of the of the United States Mint from 1874 until 1937. The building is one of the few that survived the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fire.
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  • Type: Heritage site
  • Description: historic building in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “Old San Francisco Mint”, “Old U.S. Mint”, “Old United States Mint”, “Old United States Mint (San Francisco)”, “Old United States Mint, San Francisco”, “San Francisco Old Mint”, and “The Granite Lady”
  • Address: 88 5th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Centre.

Museum
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The is a modern and contemporary art and nonprofit organization located in , . SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over 33,000 works of painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Old Mint Building.

Shopping center
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is a dead mall located in , California, United States. There are two vacant anchors, formerly occupied by Nordstrom and Bloomingdale's. is situated 560 feet northeast of Old Mint Building.

Theater building
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The , colloquially called The Warfield, is a 2,454 capacity event venue located in the Theatre District in downtown , California, United States. It was built as a vaudeville theater and opened as the Loews Warfield on May 13, 1922. is situated 890 feet west of Old Mint Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include SoMa and Tenderloin.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
, short for South of Market, is 's urban renewal district and an extension of downtown San Francisco, with brand new condominiums, office buildings, and a thriving club scene, the result of real estate speculation and the Bay Area's technology sector.

Quarter
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The is a neighborhood in downtown , in the flatlands on the southern slope of , situated between the shopping district to the northeast and the office district to the southwest.

Old Mint Building

Latitude
37.78273° or 37° 46′ 58″ north
Longitude
-122.40723° or 122° 24′ 26″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Inception
1874
Levels
3
Height
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
849VQHMV+34
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32863779
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Geo­Names ID
5379047
Wiki­data ID
Q7414079
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In Other Languages

From French to German—“Old Mint Building” goes by many names.

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