Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters (Police Barracks)

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters (Police Barracks)

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1869–1870, J. H. Boggs; 1936–1937 and 1949 additions, Cletus W. Bergen; 1965 new entrance, Ralph S. Thomas. 201 Habersham St. (formerly 323 E. Oglethorpe Ave.)

The Police Barracks, one of the oldest actively used police facilities in the country, occupies a residual strip of land between the eastern edge of Colonial Park Cemetery (6.21) and Habersham Street. Its tripartite, three-story Italianate facade echoes the rhythmic patterns of nearby row houses. The building was expanded to the rear beginning in 1936 and in 1965 a new entrance was built facing Habersham Street, with the historic front entrances filled in with brick.

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