Front Elevation, U.S. Branch Mint, Carson City, Nevada
By Alfred B. Mullet, 1866
Ink and wash on paper
22 7/8 x 35 7/8
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the public Buildings Service

Branch Mint, Carson City, Nevada
The U.S. Branch Mint in Carson City, Nevada, was the first building designed by Alfred B. Mullett after he became Supervising Architect of the Department of the Treasury. The simple Renaissance Revival style stone facade has pairs of round-headed windows and a center portico. Built at the peak of the silver boom, 57 issues of silver coins minted here between 1870 and 1893 bore the "CC" mint mark. From 1895 to 1933, the building served as the U.S. Assay Office for gold and silver. The Federal Government sold the building to the state of Nevada in 1939. Today it is the home of the Nevada State Museum.