Northern District Police Station

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Northern District Police Station
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Northern District Police Station, August 2011
Northern District Police Station
Location3355 Keswick Rd., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°19′42″N76°37′39″W / 39.32833°N 76.62750°W / 39.32833; -76.62750
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1899 (1899)
ArchitectBrauns, Henry
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 01001372 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 2001
Designated BCL2000

Northern District Police Station is a historic police station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a complex of interconnected buildings designed in the late Victorian/French Renaissance style consisting of a three-story main station house with a hipped roof and dormers; a connected two story building which had originally housed the cellblock; and a pair of hipped roof garages which were originally used as livery buildings. They are in turn connected to an L-shaped building consisting of the original clerestoried stable and flat roofed garage. The buildings encircle a courtyard which is now used as a parking lot. It was designed by Henry F. Brauns in 1899. [2]

Northern District Police Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Charles Belfoure (April 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Northern District Police Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.