Old Wan Chai Police Station

Wan Chai Police Station in 2009, facing Gloucester Road.

Wan Chai Police Station in 1932, facing onto Victoria Harbour.

View of the back of Wan Chai Police Station in 2009, from Lockhart Road Public Library.

Old Wan Chai Police Station (舊灣仔警署), also known as No. 2 Police Station (二號差館) or Eastern Police Station, is a building located at No. 123 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.^[1]

History

It was built in 1932 on land reclaimed under the Praya East Reclamation Scheme (1921-1929) and faced directly onto Victoria Harbour from the 1930s to the 1960s.^[1]

The police station was relocated to Arsenal House Lower Block at 1 Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, in 2010.^[2]

Conservation

Previously a Grade III Historic Building, the building became a Grade II Historic Building in December 2009.^[3] 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.^[4]

See also

• Historic police station buildings in Hong Kong

References

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Heritage conservation in Hong Kong
Government	Antiquities and Monuments Office Antiquities Advisory Board Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance Urban Renewal Authority
Lists	Declared monuments Grade I buildings Grade II buildings Grade III buildings Oldest buildings
Museums	Heritage Discovery Centre Heritage Museum Museum of History Government Records Service
Heritage Trails	Central and Western Lung Yeuk Tau Pinewood Battery Ping Shan Tai Tam Waterworks Wan Chai Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail
Schemes	Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme Old Industrial Buildings Revitalization
Notable cases	Demolished Kowloon Station (1978) Hong Kong Club Building (1980) Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier (2006) Queen's Pier (2007) Lee Tung Street (2007) Ho Tung Gardens (2013) Preserved Ohel Leah Synagogue (1987) Morrison Building (2003) Jessville (2007) King Yin Lei (2007) Relocated Murray House (2002) Blake Pier (2007) Pending Nam Koo Terrace Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen Stone House (Diamond Hill)
Adaptive reuse	Completed Blocks of Victoria Barracks Blocks of Whitfield Barracks Dairy Farm Depot District Office North Former Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters Former RAF Kai Tak station buildings Former Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Kowloon British School Kowloon Fire Station Lai Chi Kok Hospital Lui Seng Chun Ma Tau Kok Animal Quarantine Depot Marine Police Headquarters Mei Ho House North Kowloon Magistracy Shek Kip Mei Factory Estate Old House, Hoi Pa Village Sheung Shui Police Station Stanley Police Station Tai O Police Station Tai Po Police Station Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital Wan Chai Post Office Western Market Yau Ma Tei Theatre Pending Blue House Bridges Street Market British Military Hospital Central Market Central Police Station Compound (Central Police Station, Central Magistracy, Victoria Prison) Chai Wan Factory Estate Engineer's Office of the Former Pumping Station Fanling Magistracy Haw Par Mansion King Yin Lei No. 27 Lugard Road Wan Chai Police Station Facadism Old Mental Hospital Wan Chai Market

Coordinates: 22°16′45″N 114°10′31″E / 22.279248°N 114.175286°E / 22.279248; 114.175286 (Wan Chai Police Station)