Old Wan Chai Police Station

Old Wan Chai Police Station, also known as No. 2 Police Station or Eastern Police Station, is a building located at No. 123 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.^[1]

Old Wan Chai Police Station
舊灣仔警署
Wan Chai Police Station in 2017, facing Gloucester Road.
General information
Classification	Grade III Historic Building
Location	Wan Chai
Address	123 Gloucester Road
Country	Hong Kong
Completed	1932; 93 years ago (1932)
Relocated	2010; 15 years ago (2010)

Old Wan Chai Police Station
Traditional Chinese	舊灣仔警署
Simplified Chinese	旧湾仔警署
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiù Wān Zǎi Jǐngshǔ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gauh wāan jái gíng chyúh Jyutping Gau6 waan1 zai2 ging2 cyu5
No. 2 Police Station
Traditional Chinese	二號差館
Simplified Chinese	二号差馆
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Èrhào Chāiguǎn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yíh houh chāai gún Jyutping Ji6 hou6 caai1 gun2

Wan Chai Police Station in 1932, facing onto Victoria Harbour.

View of the back of Wan Chai Police Station in May 2009, from Lockhart Road Public Library.

History

It was built in 1932 on land reclaimed under the Praya East Reclamation Scheme (1921–1929) and faced directly onto Victoria Harbour from the 1930s to the 1960s.^[1]

The police station was relocated to Arsenal House Lower Block at 1 Arsenal Street, Wan Chai, in 2010.^[2]

In 2024, the building was chosen to be used as the headquarters for the International Organisation for Mediation.^[3]

Conservation

Previously a Grade III Historic Building, the building became a Grade II Historic Building in December 2009.^[4] In 2011, the Development Bureau announced that the former Wan Chai Police Station cum Wan Chai Police Married Quarters site will be partly preserved and partly redeveloped for business and commercial uses.^[5]

See also

• Historic police buildings in Hong Kong