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The District 13 Police Station is a historic former police station at 28 Seaverns Avenue in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The Gothic Revival station was designed in 1873 by George Ropes and built for the town of 
West Roxbury
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to the ...
, as one of its last public works before its annexation by Boston. An addition was designed in 1892 by Edmund M. Wheelwright
Edmund March Wheelwright (September 14, 1854 – August 15, 1912) was one of New England's most important architects in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and served as city architect for Boston, Massachusetts from 1891&ndash ...
, architect for the City of Boston. The building is one of the only high-style Victorian municipal buildings in the city.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It has been converted to residential use.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, MassachusettsReferences
Government buildings completed in 1873 Infrastructure completed in 1873 Government buildings in Boston Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Police stations on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Boston Jamaica Plain, Boston {{Boston-struct-stub