Before & After

The Princess Anne Police Department was established in 1801 and the present station was built in 1857. Dubbed "The Grey Eagle" in old photographs, it is the only 19th century structure with load bearing walls in Somerset County. It is quite possibly the oldest continually operating Police Station in the State of Maryland.

The "Grey Eagle" operate as the Somerset County Jail from 1857 to 1987, when the current facility in Westover was completed. After that time the building was shared by the Town of Princess Anne and the Police Department.

In 1999 the Town of Princess Anne considered demolishing the building due to its increasingly decrepit state. However, the Town Commissioners voted to restore the structure instead and with the help of the Maryland Historical Trust, the Somerset County Historical Trust, the USDA and numerous other grants, construction began in 2003.

On June 27th, 2008, under the guidance of the Princess Anne Commissioners; the Town of Princess Anne and the Princess Anne Police Department proudly announce the completion of restorations and re dedicate the "Gray Eagle" as a symbol of pride in Historic Princess Anne.