Baiyun Police Station Introduction
Xizhi Baiyun Police Station is a historical building located in the Xizhi District of New Taipei City. It was originally built as the Shisanfen Police Station during the Japanese colonial period in 1920 and is also known as the Baiyun Police Station. The building has maintained its original appearance and is situated near the former Shisanfen military training ground related to the White Terror period, which was 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 Branch of the Taipei Prefecture Qixing District Police Department and renamed "Shisanfen Police Station." The current structure was completed on May 22, 1939, and features a western-style building for administrative offices on the south side and a Japanese-style building for police dormitories on the north side. The western-style building has a gable roof, long windows, small windows on both sides, an overhang, ventilation tiles, and a police emblem (no longer present). The walls and roof of the western-style building were restored in 2019, and the original entrance pillars and flagpole base from that time remain nearby. The Japanese-style building collapsed in the 1980s, and only remnants remain.
