Old Wan Chai Police Station, also known as No. 2 Police Station or Eastern Police Station, is a building located at No. 123 Gloucester Road,

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to th ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal
Old Wan Chai Police Station, No. 123 Gloucestor Road, Wan Chai
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History

It was built in 1932 on land reclaimed under the Praya East Reclamation Scheme (1921-1929) and faced directly onto

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental i ...

from the 1930s to the 1960s. The police station was relocated to Arsenal House Lower Block at 1 Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, in 2010.

Conservation

Previously a Grade III Historic Building, the building became a Grade II Historic Building in December 2009. In 2011, the Development Bureau announced that the former Wan Chai Police Station cum Wan Chai Police Married Quarters site will be partly preserved and partly redeveloped for business and commercial uses.Press release: "Government announces 2011-12 Land Sale Programme", 24 February 2011
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Buildings and structures completed in 1932 Defunct police stations Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong Police stations in Hong Kong Wan Chai {{HongKong-struct-stub

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