Police Station #3, Wanchai [1847-c.1905]
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Submitted by David on Mon, 2014-03-24 16:28
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
1847-01-01
Date Place demolished:
c.1905-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)
Demolition date is a guess, taken from:
No. 3 Police Station, situated in Queen's Road East, was built in 1847. It was vacated after 1905, and demolished subsequently. The former Wan Chai Post Office was built in its place.
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Police Station #3 / IL 14
Carl T Smith writes about this plot of land in "Wanchai: In search of an identity":
After Inland Lot 14 reverted to the government, the building on it was converted into No. 3 Police Station. In 1903 the Police moved out and the station was subsequently pulled down. The Sanitary Board recommended in 1901 that a forty-seat latrine be built at the corner of Queen's Road East and Wanchai Gap Road. it was closed in 1914 and at the time it was suggested 'it would make a good spot for the Post Office'. The Wanchai Post Office was opened here in March 1915; recently the building has been declared a Monument and is to be preserved for its historical merit. On another portion of the lot the Sanitary Board erected a building for stores and Inspectors' quarters in 1913; this has recently been demolished to make way for another colossal high-rise.
A previous police Station
On the 1845 Collinson map a police station is situated in the hilds above the Wanchai Gap overlooking Happy Valley.
Its ruins can be seen in the belwo photo down and to the right of S :