TREASURY BUREAUS AND
THE USE OF SPACE

As the Treasury Department grew, its Bureaus took on more and more functions, and increasingly more space. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in particular, used large swaths of open space and offices in the Treasury Building for the moneymaking process.

However, moneymaking was not the only Bureau function that took place in the building. There were chemical laboratories, cabinetry shops, shipping rooms, large clerical spaces, and, of course, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury's drafting studio in the south courtyard. Separate open spaces were necessary for all of these functions, and they were located side-by-side with the offices that are more familiar today.

This 1914 photograph illustrates the testing of whiskies in an Internal Revenue Bureau Chemical Lab on the fifth floor.

"This 1910 photograph shows IRS employees packing revenue stamps for shipment.

A cabinet shop in the basement of the South wing, c. 1910.

This 1910 photograph shows the drafting studio of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury in the south courtyard of the Treasury Building.

 

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