Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
(Day & Month are approximate.)
Date closed / demolished
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Timeline:
- 1861: Police station completed, see: http://www.police.gov.hk/offbeat/781/eng/f02.htm
- 1962/3: Police station closed (see comments below)
- 19??: Building demolished by 1980 (see comments below)
The location is shown on an 1895 map (plate 2-5, Mapping Hong Kong book).
Photos that show this Place
c.1874
1875
1895
Comments
The police station's location
The police station's location is also shown on the first slide (a map) of the slideshow at:
http://www.emmanuel.org.hk/bethanie-restoration/
On that corner today there's a small flat area that is used as a car park. I guess that's the site of the police station.
Any ideas when the police station went out of use and was demolished?
Regards, David
Pok Fu Lam Police Station
Built 1861 , still in use as a Police Post in the early 1960's,demolished by 1980.
re: Pok Fu Lam Police Station
Thanks, I'll set the demolition date to 1980 for now. Any more accurate date, and any other photos of the station very welcome.
Regards, David
Pok Fu Lam Police Station
HF has uploaded another view of this building, dated to the mid-1870s:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=476952822390291&set=a.439055059513401.1073741832.431607540258153&type=1&theater
On the ordeers of Chris
On the ordeers of Chris Dawson, ACP, I closed this police post in late 1962 or 1963.
Thanks for the date it closed
Thanks for the date it closed, I've added it to the timeline above. It just managed to get past its 100th birthday.
Re my earlier post. The PFL
Re my earlier post. The PFL police post at the tiome was unused and unnecessary. I think the closure must have been early 1963. Was it not later used for riding for the disabled?