Name/Title
701-703 MessanieEntry/Object ID
2020.25.1006Description
Circa 1891
CENTRAL POLICE STATION
701-703 Messanie
Circa 1940-1946
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MAINTENANCE & SUPPLY WAREHOUSE
701-703 Messanie
Circa 1941-1943
N.S.HILLYARD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
701 Messanie
Circa 1947
HERMAN DRUG WAREHOUSE
701-703 Messanie
Circa 1949-1958
U. S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE
4th 105 Howitzer group
701 Messanie
Circa 1970s
CANTEEN
701 Messanie
Circa 1989
NATIONAL MILITARY HERITAGE MUSEUM
701 Messanie
The St Joseph police department was created in 1858
The addition of the railroad spurred additional growth and by 1890 the police force had grown to 40 patrolmen in 10 districts
On July 17, 1890 the mayor signed an ordinance appropriating $10,000 to build a new Central Police Station on the site of a Hay and Livestock market
An additional $10,000 was later appropriated to complete the interior in time for occupancy on November 25, 1891
Continued city growth and expansion of police service necessitated an addition to the building in 1909
In 1939, the Police Department moved to a new headquarters building
The original Central Police Station saw varied subsequent uses including housing a U.S. Marine Corps howitzer unit after World War II, a taxi cab company, and a bag factory
Since 1989 the building has been the proud home of the National Military Heritage Society and museum
It was N.S.Hillyard Vocational-Technical school during 1941-1943
It is located on the Northeast corner of 7th & Messanie
There were lots of old military memories in this museum
Some years ago, a local model railroad club had an HO scale model train military themed layout inside the buildingPhotograph Details
Subject
Photographs, newspaper articlesSubject Person or Organization
St. Joseph Police Department, National Military Heritage Museum
