Police Stations Sites

The National Youth Administration constructed the building that houses the Runnels County Sheriff's Office between 1941 and 1942.

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) rehabilitated police stations in San Francisco during the Great Depression, including the Southern and Mission Stations. The agency: Rehabilitated buildings to meet requirements of department, providing additional cell space, new ventilation and painting.--Healy, p. 70.

Short and Stanley-Brown write: The Ohio State Highway Patrol operates from the city of Columbus and has four district headquarters, all radio-connected. Three of these units are in permanent buildings. The Cambridge headquarters has been provided with this new building through the P. W. A., replacing their temporary quarters which had been destroyed by fire. It stands on a 4-acre site at a high point on the national highway, the site having been selected after tests to determine the best location for radio transmission. The project included, besides the building, the radio tower with its network of buried ground lines. The barracks building...

A 1937 Hartford Courant article reported that the WPA contributed "to the improvement and enlargement of the barracks at Westport and Ridgefield." One source suggests that the former barracks was on East Ridge Road, and now houses the local police department.

A 1937 Hartford Courant article reported that the WPA contributed "to the improvement and enlargement of the barracks at Westport and Ridgefield." The location and status of this former barracks is presently unknown to Living New Deal.

Hartford Courant: "The cornerstone of the new $150,000 State Police administration building on Washington Street was laid Thursday in ceremonies In which Governor Cross, State officials, and officials of the Works Progress Administration took part." Among the remarks: "Now largely through the financial aid of the Works Progress Administration of the Federal Government, we shall soon have an administration building for the Department of State Police, which will be both pleasing to the eye and so designed as to enable our Stale Police officials to do their work under the most favorable circumstances. " WPA construction on this site included a "new barracks and garage."

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a pistol range at the Morristown State Police Headquarters, ca. 1937. The exact location and status of the project is unknown to Living New Deal.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility continues to serve as the Michigan State Police's Bad Axe Post.

Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility housed the Michigan State Police's Third District Headquarters and Bay City Post. the former relocated to Saginaw in the 1980s.

Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Cheboygan Post. The building is still in service.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility continues to serve as the Michigan State Police's East Tawas Post.

Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Gaylord Post. The building is still in service.

The Michigan State Police District 8 post in Gladstone was completed in 1941 by the Work Projects Administration (WPA).

Constructed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Gaylord Post. The building is still in service. It was equipped with a 325-foot broadcasting station equal in power to that in the capital Lansing.

The Michigan State Police District 8 post in Iron Mountain was constructed in 1935-6 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

"Work began on the present WPA barracks at Jonesville in February of 1936; the post was completed in October of 1937."

The Michigan State Police District 8 post in L'Anse was constructed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

The Michigan State Police District 8 post in Manistique was completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Fifth District Headquarters and Paw Paw Post. The latter has since relocated.

Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Reed City Post. The building continues to function as such to this day.

Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Rockford Post and Sixth District Headquarters. The latter has since relocated to Grand Rapids, though the former is still based here.

Constructed in 1940-1 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Sandusky Post.

The Michigan State Police District 8 post in Wakefield was completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

"Construction of a new West Branch Post began October 31, 1938. This standard, brick WPA barracks was completed August 24, 1939, at a cost of $17,994.51." The building is still in service.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's White Pigeon Post. The building, which is located at the northeast corner of U.S. 12 and U.S. 131, is still in service.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built as the Michigan State Police's Battle Creek Post. The State Police ceased their operations there in 2012, relocating to Marshall. In 2017 the property was sold to a local business owner, and the building was demolished in March 2018.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility housed the Michigan State Police's New Buffalo Post. The building was completed in 1937; expanded in 1967; later privately owned; and demolished between 2015 and 2017. The facility was located on the south side of U.S. 12, in the sliver of land between that road and E Clay St.—just west of where the roads intersect.

Completed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Michigan State Police District 2 post in St. Clair featured a walk-out basement along the St. Clair River. The building, which had been located at 1419 Oakland Ave., has since been demolished.

Completed in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Alpena Post. The building, located at the intersection of S. State Ave. with S. Ripley Blvd., is now privately owned.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 1 post in Brighton now houses a private real estate firm.

Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Gaylord Post. Construction began on July 29, 1937 and the post opened on Feb. 23, 1938. The building is now privately owned.

Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally a Michigan State Police Post, and Second District Headquarters, was located at West Seven Mile Rd. and Grand River Ave. in Detroit, Michigan. The building has been replaced with a facility in Northville, and the WPA-built facility has since been demolished.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 2 post in Erie is now privately owned. The facility is located on Telegraph Rd. just north of Lakeside Rd.

Constructed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 2 post in Flat Rock is now privately owned.

Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Manistee Post. The building presently serves other public safety functions.

Completed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Mt. Pleasant Post. The building is now privately owned.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this handsome facility was built to house the Michigan State Police's Niles Post. Groundbreaking occurred in September 1938, and the building was completed in August 1939. The building is now privately owned.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 2 post in Romeo now houses the Romeo Historical Society Museum. The post opened on Oct. 6, 1936.

Constructed in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this facility housed the Michigan State Police's South Haven Post. The building has since been expanded, and is now privately owned.

Completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), what was originally the Michigan State Police District 8 post in St. Ignace is now home to the Mackinac County Road Commission.