State Police Post (demolished) – New Buffalo MI

City:
New Buffalo, MI

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Police Stations

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1937

Designer:
A. N. Langius

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

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.

Source notes

https://www.michigan.gov/documents/msp/MSP_Fifth_District_History_181277_7.pdf
(accessed Nov. 14, 2017)

Google Street View and satellite imagery

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 15, 2017.

Location Info


U.S. 12
New Buffalo, MI 49120

Location notes: Just west of intersection with E Clay St; in the sliver between the roads

Coordinates: 41.799440, -86.721798

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