The United States Treasury Department

The Treasury Department, in Washington

The Treasury Department of the United States sits in an imposing building neighbouring the White House, in Washington. The Washington audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this major monument, seat of one of the oldest and most powerful administrations of the American federal government.

The seat of the finances of the nation

The imposing building that is here is the seat of the Treasury Department of the United States, the administration in charge of the finances of the nation. Created from the origins of the Republic, the Treasury is one of the oldest and most important ministries of the federal government: it manages the public finances, collects the taxes, issues the currency and watches over the economic stability of the country. Its building, immediate neighbour of the White House, is a magnificent building of neoclassical style, raised in the nineteenth century, one of the oldest monumental official buildings of Washington. Its long façade adorned with a majestic colonnade reflects the power and the solidity that are attached to the institution. The effigy of the building and of some of its leaders has moreover figured on the American currency, sign of its central role. A witness of the institutional and financial history of the United States, this monument completes the prestigious ensemble of the great buildings of power of the capital. A neoclassical monument and a seat of the financial power, the Treasury Department is a fine stop of the discovery of Washington.

What to see

You admire the imposing neoclassical building of the nineteenth century, neighbour of the White House, seat of the Treasury Department of the United States, one of the oldest administrations that manages the finances of the nation, collects the taxes and issues the currency; its long façade with a majestic colonnade, figuring on the American currency, reflects the power of the institution. The Treasury Department is a seat of power in Washington. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Treasury Department lies just next to the White House, in Washington, reachable on foot and by public transport. You admire its façade from outside; it is an official building whose interior access is restricted and follows its own conditions. You discover it during a walk in the district.

What is the Treasury Department in Washington?

The seat of the administration in charge of the finances of the United States, one of the oldest of the federal government, that manages the public finances, collects the taxes and issues the currency; its neoclassical building of the nineteenth century, neighbour of the White House, with a majestic colonnade, is one of the oldest monumental official buildings of the capital and has figured on the American currency.

Where is the Treasury Department in Washington?

Just next to the White House, in Washington, in the United States.