Baiyun Police Station Introduction
The Xizhi Baiyun Police Station is a historic building located in the Xizhi District of New Taipei City. It was originally built as the Shisanfen Police Station during the Japanese rule in the 9th year of Taisho (1920), also known as the Baiyun Police Station. The building retains its old appearance well and is situated near the Shisanfen military training ground related to the Lakou Incident during the White Terror period (later changed to Baiyun Elementary School). The Shisanfen area in Xizhi had the "Shisanfen Police Station" established in 1901, which was under the jurisdiction of the Keelung Office, Jinbaoli Branch. In 1920, it was transferred to the Xizhi Police Division of the Qixing District Police Office in Taipei Prefecture and renamed "Shisanfen Police Station." The current building was completed on May 22, 1939, featuring a new hall. The southern side of the hall contains an administrative office space in a Western-style building, while the northern side serves as a Japanese-style dormitory for police officers. The Western-style building has a gabled roof, with long and small windows on both sides of the front, an awning above, ventilation tiles, and a police emblem (which is no longer extant). The walls and roof of the Western-style building were restored in 2019, and the area still retains the entrance pillars and flag-raising platform from that time. The Japanese-style dormitory collapsed in the 1980s, and only ruins remain.
