1789..................well, well, well...............a mason of quality.......whose French restaurant is directly across Penn. Ave from the Nat. archives..........one supposedly founded in 1889............these people love centennials..........bicentennials, etc................

Department of the Treasury

Seal of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Flag of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Agency overview
Formed	September 2, 1789; 225 years ago
Preceding agency	Board of Treasury
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Treasury Building 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW Washington, D.C. 38°53′54″N 77°2′3″W
Employees	115,897 (2007)
Annual budget	$14 billion (2013) PDF
Agency executives	Jacob Lew, Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin, Deputy Secretary Rosa Gumataotao Rios,Treasurer
Child agencies	Internal Revenue Service United States Mint Bureau of Engraving and Printing Several others
Website	treasury.gov