Concord Police Station

This brick building with rock-faced granite trim served as Concord's police station from 1890 until 1975. Noted local architect Edward Dow, with Albert Bodwell, designed the structure, whose arched openings show the influence of the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Distinctive granite voussoirs mark the two original entrances from Warren Street, and local granite also appears in the sunburst and finials atop the building. Garage bays on the west were added for police vehicles in 1915 and now, opened up, lead into Bicentennial Square. A solid steel door once separated the officers' guard room from the jail cells. Concord police made national news when they captured Iowa prison escapees Edgar Cook and George Stubblefield on March 2, 1945; dubbed the "Toothbrush Twins," the men were notorious for fashioning keys from toothbrush handles, then picking locks to escape from jail or steal get-away cars. The police station is part of the Downtown Concord National Register Historic District.

Concord, New Hampshire · United States