Old Mint Building
The Old San Francisco Mint is a building that served as the location of the San Francisco branch 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.Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 Warfield Theatre.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. 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. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Old Mint Building.
Warfield Theatre
Theater building
The Warfield Theatre, colloquially called The Warfield, is a 2,454 capacity event venue located in the Theatre District in downtown San Francisco, California, United States. It was built as a vaudeville theater and opened as the Loews Warfield on May 13, 1922. Warfield Theatre is situated 890 feet west of Old Mint Building.
Powell Street station
Railway station
Photo: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0.
Powell Street station is a combined BART and Muni Metro rapid transit station in the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco. Located under Market Street between 4th Street and 5th Street, it serves the Financial District neighborhood and surrounding areas. Powell Street station is situated 720 feet north of Old Mint Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include SoMa and Tenderloin.
SoMa
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
SoMa, short for South of Market, is San Francisco'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.
Tenderloin
Quarter
The Tenderloin is a neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, in the flatlands on the southern slope of Nob Hill, situated between the Union Square shopping district to the northeast and the Civic Center office district to the southwest.
Old Mint Building
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.78273° or 37° 46′ 58″ northLongitude
-122.40723° or 122° 24′ 26″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)Inception
1874Levels
3Height
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
849VQHMV+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 32863779OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Old Mint Building” goes by many names.
- French: “Old San Francisco Mint”
- German: “Old San Francisco Mint”
- German: “Old United States Mint”
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