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A New Chapter for Station H-4

SP-Boston Modernization

Project to Begin

At the start of the mid-shift Saturday, August 17, the
State Police-Boston Barracks, located at 250 Leverett
Circle (the barracks next to the Museum of Science
and the beginning of Storrow Drive) will be closed
in order for a renovation of the building to begin.
Barracks operations will be relocated to State Po-
lice-Brighton, 46 Leo M . Birmingham Highway, for the
duration of the construction project.
The renovation of the Leverett Circle Barracks will
The move will not affect State Police presence in the retain the historical features of the building and
Leverett Circle/Lower Basin/Storrow Drive/Esplanade include an architecturally-appropriate modern
area, as patrol operations will continue in those loca- addition, with an emphasis on energy- and
tions as usual. What will change is that members of environmentally-friendly design elements.
the public will not be able to walk into the 250 Leverett
Circle building for police business during the project. The project includes renovation of existing space at
The Massachusetts State Police are taking several the building, which is more than a century old, and a
actions to mitigate this change. new architecturally-compatible addition on the Espla-
nade side of the structure. The design will emphasize
A phone will be posted on the side of the building with the goals of sustainability and resiliency, and will
direct contact to a State Police dispatcher. Anyone at incorporate energy-efficient and environmentally-con-
that location who needs immediate police assistance scious features. Once the project is completed, esti-
may pick up that phone and be directly connected to mated to be in fall 2022, a modern, optimally function-
a dispatcher, who will send whatever help is needed. al, and highly-accessible new State Police station will
Signs will also be posted on the building informing re-open at the Leverett Circle site. At that time, the
the public that the barracks has moved temporarily. State Police will establish a new State Police-Boston
The non-emergency number for the barracks, will be Barracks consisting of both the original Boston Bar-
posted on the signs, will not change and will connect racks that operated at that site prior to the renovation
callers to the front desk at the temporary location at as well as the Brighton Barracks. Both stations will
the Brighton Barracks. That number is 617-727-4812. remain consolidated and operate from the new loca-
tion, which will provide for more effective and efficient
In addition to a media release about the project, delivery of police services and greater accessibility to
Colonel Gilpin wrote to varous civic organizations that citizens and civic groups in the Esplanade and Lower
serve the area to inform them about the relocation. Basin area.
Specifically, the consolidation of
staffing and patrol areas from the
existing Boston and Brighton Bar-
racks into one, new Boston Bar-
racks will allow us to deploy addi-
tional patrols on the roadway and
utilize police resources more effi-
ciently. The Department will post up-
dates about the barracks relocation
and the project on our social media
pages and in upcoming editions of
French and Electric Blue.
The building is on the National Register of Historic Places; it also
houses controls for the Charles River locks.
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