The Community College of Philadelphia is a public community college with campuses throughout Philadelphia. The college was founded in 1965 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher E
The Community College of Philadelphia's Mint Building on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia
The Third Philadelphia Mint is now part of Community College of Philadelphia's main campus.
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The Philadelphia Mint is a branch of the United States Mint in Philadelphia. It was built in 1792 following the Coinage Act of 1792, in order to establish a national identity and the needs of commerce
Community College of Philadelphia
…offered courses in human services, business administration, health occupations and paraprofessional engineering. By 1971, CCP had acquired the third Philadelphia Mint building (the Mint), located at 1700 Spring Garden Street. CCP began holding classes there in 1973 while continuing to hold classes at the 11th Street…
The first Philadelphia Mint, built in 1792, photographed in 1908, and later demolished
The second Philadelphia Mint, built in 1833, photographed in 1902, and since demolished
A 1901 illustration of the third Philadelphia Mint, now part of the Community College of Philadelphia
The present Philadelphia Mint, built in 1969, pictured in 2013