 The Former Central Police Station Compound, built between 1841 and 1925, comprises 16 historic building grouped under the former Central Police Station, the Former Central Magistracy and the Victoria Prison.Most of the city's historic colonial architecture had been bulldozed for development before the British government handed it back to China in 1997.The first building in the Former Central Police Station Compound is a Magistrate's House with jail blocks, which were built in 09Aug 1841.