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Many lived near the Sixth Precinct station house in tenements where their families had lived for decades.
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Andrew Meier, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
In addition, the large badge affixed to the front of the Chesterton Police Department’s station house has been draped with black cloth in memory of Komisarcik.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
Bring your family and friends out to the Lester Rail Trail for train rides around a miniature railroad and station house.
—Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 22 June 2022
On the morning of May 25, 2018, Weinstein was ordered to surrender at the New York Police Department’s First Precinct station house, in lower Manhattan.
—Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
The scene where a police officer was shot inside a car outside the 25th Precinct station house in Harlem, on Jan. 1, 2022, in New York.
—NBC News, 3 Jan. 2022
While the team is responding to a call, a fire breaks out at their station house.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
Firefighters made up the bulk of the assembly—many wore T-shirts identifying themselves by station house, ladder, and engine.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2021
The three suspects, whose ages are 21, 44 and 49, were taken to NYPD's nearby 24th precinct station house, police said.
—NBC News, 16 Sep. 2021
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Andrew Meier, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
In addition, the large badge affixed to the front of the Chesterton Police Department’s station house has been draped with black cloth in memory of Komisarcik.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
Bring your family and friends out to the Lester Rail Trail for train rides around a miniature railroad and station house.
—Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 22 June 2022
On the morning of May 25, 2018, Weinstein was ordered to surrender at the New York Police Department’s First Precinct station house, in lower Manhattan.
—Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
The scene where a police officer was shot inside a car outside the 25th Precinct station house in Harlem, on Jan. 1, 2022, in New York.
—NBC News, 3 Jan. 2022
While the team is responding to a call, a fire breaks out at their station house.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
Firefighters made up the bulk of the assembly—many wore T-shirts identifying themselves by station house, ladder, and engine.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2021
The three suspects, whose ages are 21, 44 and 49, were taken to NYPD's nearby 24th precinct station house, police said.
—NBC News, 16 Sep. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1805, in the meaning defined above
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“Station house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20house. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
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