Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.)

Significant dates
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

The U.S. Treasury building designed by Ammi Burnham Young

Location	1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
Coordinates	38°53′51″N 77°2′3.48″W / 38.89750°N 77.0343000°W / 38.89750; -77.0343000Coordinates: 38°53′51″N 77°2′3.48″W / 38.89750°N 77.0343000°W / 38.89750; -77.0343000
Built	1836-1842 (East Wing and Central); 1855-1861 (South Wing); 1862-1864 (West Wing); 1867-1869 (North Wing)^[1]
Architect	Robert Mills (East Wing and Central); Ammi B. Young and Alexander H. Bowman (South Wing); Isaiah Rogers (West Wing); Alfred B. Mullett (North Wing)^[1]
Architectural style	Neoclassical
NRHP Reference #	71001007
Added to NRHP	November 11, 1971
Designated NHL	November 11, 1971^[2]

The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. is a National Historic Landmark building which is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Treasury. An image of the Treasury Building is featured on the back of the United States ten-dollar bill.

History

Image of the construction, showing construction of the front steps.

Statue of Alexander Hamilton

The East side and central wing were built between 1836 and 1842 by architect Robert Mills. The South Wing of the building, constructed from 1855 to 1861 by Ammi B. Young and Alexander H. Bowman, carried out the basic Mills scheme for such a wing. The West Wing by Isaiah Rogers, built between 1862 and 1864, and the North Wing by Alfred B. Mullett, built between 1867 and 1869, completed the building. The building suffered a fire in 1922.^[3] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.^[2]

Civil War-era poet Walt Whitman spent much of his federal career working as a clerk in the Treasury Building. He was working at his desk the night of January 23, 1873 when he suffered a stroke, which forced him to leave Washington.^[4]

Sculptor James Earle Fraser created the statue of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, which stands in front of the southern facade facing Alexander Hamilton Place and The Ellipse beyond, and that of Albert Gallatin, the fourth and longest serving Secretary, which stands before the northern entrance.^[5]

References

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1 2 W. Brown Morton III (February 3, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: United States Department of the Treasury" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos, exterior, undated PDF (32 KB)
1 2 "United States Department of the Treasury". National Historic Landmark Program. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
↑ http://www3.gendisasters.com/district-columbia/9139/washington-dc-treasury-building-fire-feb-1922
↑ Peck, Garrett (2015). Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.: The Civil War and America’s Great Poet. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1626199736.
↑ U.S. Department of the Treasury - Fact Sheets: Treasury Building accessed 26 April, 2014

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Agencies under the United States Department of the Treasury

Headquarters: Treasury Building Jack Lew, Secretary of the Treasury Sarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Internal Revenue Service Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Tax Policy

Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs	Office of East Asia Office of South and Southeast Asia Nations Office of Europe & Eurasia Office of the Western Hemisphere Office of International Monetary Policy Office of Banking and Securities Office of International Debt Policy Office of Development Policy Office of Financing Operations Office of African Nations Office of the Middle East and North Africa Office of International Trade Office of International Investment Office of Trade Finance Office of Technical Assistance Office of Risk and Research Analysis Exchange Stabilization Fund

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance	Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence Federal Financing Bank Office of Debt Management Office of Financial Institutions Office of Financial Markets Office of Financial Stability Office of Fiscal Service Bureau of the Fiscal Service

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence	Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Office of Intelligence and Analysis Office of Foreign Assets Control Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture

Treasurer of the United States	Bureau of Engraving and Printing United States Mint

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