Southern District Police Station

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Southern District Police Station
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Southern District Police Station, December 2011
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Location28 E. Ostend St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°16′30″N76°36′47″W / 39.27500°N 76.61306°W / 39.27500; -76.61306 Coordinates: 39°16′30″N76°36′47″W / 39.27500°N 76.61306°W / 39.27500; -76.61306
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1896
Architect Jackson C. Gott
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 01001373 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 28, 2001

Southern District Police Station is a historic police station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a monumental Romanesque Revival steel-framed building faced in stone and brick constructed in 1896. The station is composed of a three-story cubic main block, a two-story rear ell, and two additions built in the 1950s that fill most of the remainder of the corner lot.

The building remained in use by the Baltimore Police Department until the mid-1980s, when it was sold to a local non-profit group. [2]

Southern 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. Jennifer Goold and Betty Bird (July 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Southern District Police Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-04-01.