National Historic Landmark · branch mint · New Orleans, Louisiana

U.s. Mint, New Orleans Branch

Branch of the United States Mint in New Orleans, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.

Has a visitor websiteNational Historic LandmarkListed 1973Greek Revival architectureWilliam Strickland
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 5 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · New Orleans Mint

The New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over US$307 million. It was closed during most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address420 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA
CountyOrleans County
ListedMar 30, 1973
Reference number73000875
ArchitectWilliam Strickland
Type of placebranch mint
StyleGreek Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Check the website
Address420 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA
Websitelsm.crt.state.la.us/mintex.htm ↗
Coordinates29.96133, -90.05805 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitNew Orleans Jazz National Historical Park · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73000875. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.