Central Police Station (St
Central Police Station may refer to: * 77 North Front Street, former Central Police Station of Columbus, Ohio * Central Police Station (Hong Kong) * Central Police Station (St. Joseph, Missouri) *Central Police Station, Bristol * Central Police Station, Tampere *Sydney Central Police Station See also *Steelhouse Lane police station Steelhouse Lane police station is a former police station in central Birmingham, England. It was built for the Birmingham City Police and opened in 1933 as their Central Police Station, replacing a Victorian station on the same site. It was u ...

77 North Front Street
77 North Front Street is a municipal office building of Columbus, Ohio, in the city's downtown Civic Center. The building, originally built as the Central Police Station (of the current-day Columbus Division of Police) in 1930, operated in that function until 1991. After about two decades of vacancy, the structure was renovated for city agency use in 2011. The building was included in the Columbus Civic Center Historic District, nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Attributes The original building was designed by the Allied Architects Association of Columbus in the Second Renaissance Revival style. In accordance with that style, the building has a rusticated first floor facade, a projecting cornice above the fifth floor, and unadorned floors between. The overall style was intended to match the neighboring Columbus City Hall and Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse. It features a fine-grained limestone exterior with entrance steps of grey granit ...
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Central Police Station (Hong Kong)
The former Central Police Station of Hong Kong, located at the eastern end of Hollywood Road, in Central, Hong Kong has been redeveloped into a cultural and shopping destination generally called Tai Kwun (). Tai Kwun is composed of three declared monuments: the former Central Police Station, former Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison. History The oldest structure within the police station was built in 1864; a three-storey barrack block constructed adjacent to Victoria Prison. A storey was later added to the block in 1905. Other blocks were added between 1910 and 1925. In 1919, Headquarters Block facing Hollywood Road was constructed. Subsequently, in 1925, the two-storey Stable Block was constructed at the north-west end of the parade ground and later used as an armoury. Many police stations were built during this period due to the large number of people who moved to Hong Kong from mainland China and the corresponding need to maintain law and order. In the afternoon of D ...
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Central Police Station (St
Central Police Station may refer to: * 77 North Front Street, former Central Police Station of Columbus, Ohio * Central Police Station (Hong Kong) * Central Police Station (St. Joseph, Missouri) *Central Police Station, Bristol * Central Police Station, Tampere *Sydney Central Police Station See also *Steelhouse Lane police station Steelhouse Lane police station is a former police station in central Birmingham, England. It was built for the Birmingham City Police and opened in 1933 as their Central Police Station, replacing a Victorian station on the same site. It was u ...

Central Police Station, Bristol
The Central Police Station, also known as the Bridewell is a historic building on Nelson Street, Broadmead, Bristol, England. It was opened in 1828 and finally closed in 2005. It is a grade II listed building. History Prior to the construction of the present building, the Central Police Station had been located in Bridewell Street. In 1880, the watch committee were involved in the setting up of an independent fire brigade and a site was chosen adjacent to the police station. A steam fire engine was purchased and arrangements were made to stable the horses needed to pull the fire engine in the yard of the police station. The Nelson Street building was built in 1928 by Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas and opened as a police station in November 1930 near the site of a previous station. Neighbouring buildings housed law courts and a fire station. It closed as a working police station in August 2005. The building has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed buildi ...
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Central Police Station, Tampere
The Tampere Police Station (or the Tampere Central Police Station; fi, Tampereen poliisitalo, sv, Tammerfors polishus) is a police station located in the Ratina district in Tampere, Finland, and also the administrative center of the . The police station is also used by the Finnish Security Intelligence Service (SUPO). There are about 400 police officers working there and about 50 others. The police station consists of two buildings located near the Tampere Bus Station along the Hatanpää Highway and Sorinkatu streets; due to this, in Tampere colloquially, the police station and its surroundings are also known as ''Sori'' by locals. The station is owned by Senate Properties. History The oldest, three-storey building of the police building was designed by architect and was completed on the Hatanpää Highway in 1963. The five-storey part on Sorinkatu dates from 1993 and was designed by architect . The old and new sides of the police station are connected by gateways that run und ...
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Sydney Central Police Station
Sydney Central Police Station, 7–9 Central Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a police station with attached holding cells that operated in association with the Central Local Court House, Sydney, for nearly 100 years. Description The police station is located at the rear of the Court House, with access from Central Street. The rendered brick building features an 'L' shape plan with wrought iron balconies in the inner angle. The roofline rakes back from the external walls on a single pitch with galvanised gutters and downpipes. The internal facades of the building are plain rendered brick but the facade to Central Street is broken into three bays with the centre bay recessed, featuring pilasters and entablatures in a simplified classical style. The prisoner entry from the rear street is defined by a pair of stone columns supporting an entablature with the words "Central Police Station" raised on the surface. Heavy cast iron gates close off the vehicular entry an ...
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