Baiyun Police Station Introduction
The Xizhi Baiyun Police Station is a historical building located in the Xizhi District of New Taipei City. It is the former Shisanfen Police Station from the Japanese colonial era, established in 1920 during the Taisho period, and it is also known as the Baiyun Police Station. The building has preserved its old appearance well and is adjacent to the Shisanfen training ground related to the White Terror incident, known as the Lukou incident (later renamed Baiyun Elementary School). The Shisanfen area in Xizhi had its "Shisanfen Police Station" established as early as 1901, which was part of the Keelung Office’s Jinbaoli Branch. In 1920, it was transferred to the Xizhi Division of the Taipei Prefectural Police Office and renamed the "Shisanfen Police Station." The current building was completed on May 22, 1939, and features a new hall. The south side of the hall contains the Western-style administrative office, while the north side serves as a dormitory for police officers with traditional Japanese architecture. The Western-style building features a gable roof, long windows, small windows on either side of the facade, 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 nearby, the original entrance pillars and flag-raising platform have been preserved. The traditional dormitory building collapsed in the 1980s, and only remnants remain today.
