Old+Mint+History

When I went to the Old Mint, I was with my group and my mom. Even though I did not get to go in it, it was fun seeing the outside of it. If I ever go back, I would try to go inside. Since I went only once, I learned some things. These are something’s I learned: It is on 88 Fifth Street, in San Francisco. The architect is Alfred B. Mullet and the coordinates are:37°46’58.15”N 122°24’21.05”W. The Treasury Company built it. I thought it was pretty big. The front had a little garden and a fountain inside that was running. It had a black fence around the garden. I sketched the front of the building with my group. One day you may want to go there.

The Mint was bought by Willy Brown for San Francisco when he was Mayor. It was used to keep money and gold safe. It was built July 8,1852. In 1961 it became a National Historic Landmark. In 1937, it became officially a landmark. When I went there I learned other things. For example, I learned that: people do not live there, it was built in 1869, and there is a casket “known as a basket” inside with some of the earliest coins. No one has ever found them. If you ever go, you might find new facts that may surprise you!

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