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Police Headquarters Building (1909) · 240 Centre Street
Police Headquarters Building (1909)
Police Headquarters Building (1909)

[Police Building, 240 Centre Street.]

Originally police headquarters, converted to apartments in 1988.

IMAGE DATE1970
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New York City Police Headquarters ARCHITECT: Hoppin & Koen DATE: 1905-09 STYLE: Edwardian Baroque

Among its important qualities, the Former Police Headquarters Building is one of New York City’s most important examples of the Edwardian Baroque style of architecture and of Beaux-Arts principles of design. It incorporated a new, official image for the nation’s largest and most sophisticated police force.

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