The Denver Mint was designed by Tracy and Swartwout of New York, with James Knox Taylor, supervising architect in Washington, D.C., listed in the infobox. The Treasury bought the site on April 22, 1896 for about 60,000 dollars. The infobox says built in 1897 and the text says constructed in 1904. Assay operations moved in on September 1, 1904, and coinage began on February 1, 1906.
The building is based on the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence. The first level is Pikes Peak granite, the second floor gray granite ashlar and the roof Ludowici tile. A granite cornice sits over a decorated frieze. Vincent Aderente painted lobby murals of mining, manufacturing and commerce.
The site began as the private mint of Clark, Gruber and Company in 1860. It is an active U.S. Mint branch with capacity above 50 million coins a day and about 350 employees. It was listed on the National Register in 1972. The article gives no hours.
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