Metropolitan District Commission Stable
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The Metropolitan District Commission Stable is a historic stable
on Hillside Street in Milton, Massachusetts
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It was built in 1908 for the Metropolitan District Commission Police and the Massachusetts State Police
mounted units. In 2004, the mounted units
were disbanded and the stable was emptied. Although mounted units were reinstated in 2008, there are no plans to stable them here.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on September 25, 1980.
Stable
A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals...
on Hillside Street in Milton, Massachusetts
Milton, Massachusetts
Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 27,003 at the 2010 census. Milton is the birthplace of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush and architect Buckminster Fuller. Milton also has the highest percentage of...
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It was built in 1908 for the Metropolitan District Commission Police and the Massachusetts State Police
Massachusetts State Police
The Massachusetts State Police is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state...
mounted units. In 2004, the mounted units
Mounted police
Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and...
were disbanded and the stable was emptied. Although mounted units were reinstated in 2008, there are no plans to stable them here.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on September 25, 1980.