NEW ORLEANS MINT RESTORATION ON NNP

 

New Orleans Mint Restoration

An idle derelict in 1975, the New Orleans Mint at 400 Esplanade Avenue was donated by the United States to the Louisiana State Museum in 1966. Reconstruction completed in 1979, and today the space serves the Louisiana State Museum with a variety of rotating exhibits, including a tribute to the numismatic history of the museum. Recently scanned from the Newman papers is a contemporary, well-illustrated eight-page brochure detailing the reconstruction.

The New Orleans Mint was designed in Greek Revival style by William Strickland, who was also the architect of the (second) Philadelphia Mint that opened in 1833. The New Orleans Mint struck its first coin in 1838 and its last in 1909, and the building served a variety of purposes prior to its reconstruction, including use as a prison.

Image: View of the New Orleans Mint courtyard

Link to Old Mint Restoration Now Complete:
https://archive.org/details/EPN0322-1979oldmintrestorationn

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