Toledo Police Call Box Numbers and Locations

The Toledo Police call box system was installed in 1908.  Below is a partial list of locations of some of the call boxes.  These locations were taken from a "Patrolman's Guide for Police Precinct No. 1."   The title page states that the system was installed May 1, 1908, revised December 1, 1914, and redistricted January 1, 1922.  It was further updated in 1940, with handwritten entries.
Additional information was obtained from a book containing boxes in both Precincts 1 and 2," which was revised in June of 1957, with handwritten entries.   (* indicates the 1957 revisions)   Many boxes were relocated, therefore it may appear as there are duplicate entries of both numbers and locations.  There are three entires at the end of the list of "TEL", this indicates there was a call box at this location, however the number is not given.   The call box system in Toledo ended in the early 1980's when the boxes were removed from the streets and sold to the public.   The boxes were sold to the public for $45.00 each; a few years later the pedestals were sold for $10.00 each.  This page will be update as additional numbers and locations are located.

4           Water between Monroe and Jefferson
6           Washington and Summit
8           St. Clair and Monroe
9           Monroe and Summit
12         Jefferson and Summit
13         Water between Jefferson and Madison
14         Madison and Summit
15         Madison and St. Clair
16         Adams and Summit
18         Jackson and Summit
19         Adams and St. Clair
21         Cherry Street Bride (west end)
22         Cherry and Summit
23         St. Clair and Orange
24         Huron and Jackson
25         Jackson and Superior
26         Adams and Superior
27         Adams and Erie
28         Huron and Madison
29         Adams and Michigan
31         Jefferson and Superior
32         Monroe and Huron
33         Huron and Washington
34         Washington and Ontario
35         Monroe and Ontario
36         Jefferson and Erie
37         Madison and Michigan
38         Jackson and Canton
39         Jefferson and Michigan
42         Cherry and Erie
43         Orange and Michigan
44         Jackson and St. Clair
45         Canton and State
46         Southard and N. 12th
47         Jackson and 13th
47*       Washington and Summit (replaced box 6)
48         Canton and Smith
49         Madison and Erie
51         Jefferson and 11th
52         Monroe and 10th
53         Washington and 11th
54         Monroe and 12th
55         Monroe and Michigan
57         Monroe and 16th
59         Madison and 11th
61         Jefferson and 14th
62         Madison and 15th
62*       8's Engine House
64         Woodruff and N. 14th
67         Adams and 11th
75         Dorr and Washington
76         Monroe and 22nd
91         Monroe and Superior
92         Monroe and Erie
93         St. Clair and Jefferson
94         Madison and Superior
95         Huron and Adams
96         Jefferson and Huron
97         Erie and Jackson
98         Huron and Orange
112       Lafayette and St. Clair
113       Belmont and 15th
114       Erie and Lafayette
115       Collingwood and Palmwood
116       City Park and Indiana
117       Nebraska and City Park
121       Nebraska and Division
122       Erie and Nebraska
123       Curtis and City Park
123*     13's Engine House
124       Belmont and Ewing
124*     Belmont and Vance
125       Dorr and Ewing
126       Colfax and Lawrence
127       Hawley and Nebraska
129       Buckingham and Detroit
131       Hoag and Belmont
132       Nebraska and Heston
132*     Nebraska and Junction
133       Belmont and Detroit
134       Dorr and Detroit
135       Dorr and Clinton
136       Dorr and Hoag
137       Lincoln and Detroit
138       Dorr and Heston
141       Detroit and Fitchland
142       Bancroft and Smead
142*     Bancroft and Auburn
143*     Bancroft and Parkside
144*     Bancroft and Upton
145       Bishop and Cardinal
146*     Oakwood and Upton
147*     Bancroft and Drummond
153       12's Engine House
156       Oakwood and Hoag
156*     Oakwood and Smead
178       Hoag and Campbell
181       Wayne and Gibbons
186       Avondale and Brown
192       Indiana and Heston
192*     Avondale and Hawley
193       Dorr and Upton
194       Broadway and Glendale
195       Dorr and Boulevard
211       Madison and 13th
212*     Jackson and 13th (replace Box #47)
213       Adams and 13th
213       Adams and 17th
214       Beacon and 12th
215       Monroe and 19th
216       Collingwood and Bancroft
217       Madison and 21st
218       Monroe and Scottwood
219       Woodruff and Ashland
221       Monroe and Albion
222       Putnam and Winthrop
222       Putnam and Winthrop
223       Monroe and Lawrence
224       Robinwood and Virginia
225       Detroit and Delaware
226       Collingwood and Deleware
227       Vermont and Cherry
228       Fulton and Deleware
228*     Union Station
229       Cherry and Central
231       1's Engine House
231       Collingwood and Central
231       Collingwood and Cherry
232       Cherry and Bancroft
233       Central and Albion
234       Monroe and Smead (removed in 1957 revision)
235       Monroe and Auburn
236       Willys Park
237       Blaine and Delaware
238       Collingwood and Central
239       Wolcott and Overland
241       Phillips and Seiss
242       Sylvania and Phillips
243       Sylvania and Detroit
245       Jackman and Sylvania
246       5's Engine House
246       LaGrange and Gridley
247       Martha and Berdan
251       Islington and W. Lake
251*     Islington and Harleau
252       Central and Detroit
253       Auburn and Jermain
254       Collingwood and Woodruff
256       Collingwood and Winthrop
261*     Upton and Central
262*     Monroe and Central
263*     Upton and (unknown)
264*     North Cove and Oatis
311       Morris and Clayton
312       St. Clair and Superior
313       Erie and Logan
314       Maumee and N.Y.C.R.R.
314       Maumee and St. Clair
314*     Maumee and High
315       Broadway and Western
316       Broadway and Newberry
317       Segur and Sumner
318       Broadway and Ottawa
319       Summit and Williams
321       Sumner and Walbridge
322       Maumee and Colburn
324       14's Engine House
324*     Union Station
324*     Melrose and Edmund Lane
333       Broadway and South
334       Ashland and Bancroft
335       Western and C.L. Tracks
335       Western and Clover Leaf
336       Stebbins and South
341       Vermont and Bancroft
341*     Royalton and Westway
342       Broadway and Walbash Crossing
343       South and Daniels
343*     Broadway and Field
344       Hawley and Western
344       Wayne and Gibbons
345       Spencer and South
346       Western and Gibbons
347       Wayne and Detroit
348       Detroit and Arlington
349       Spencer and Brighton
351       Wayne and Western
352       Broadway and Shadow Lawn
352*     Broadway, Walbridge Park Greenhouse
353       Zoo
354       Cornell and University
355       Walbridge Park, Upper Drive
356       Wayne and South
367       Monroe and Detroit
376       Whitney and Virginia
376*     Algonquin and Christie
411       Cherry and Superior
412       Huron and Stickney
413       Huron and Magnolia
414       Ontario and Mulberry
415       LaGrange and Summit
416       Ash and Summit
417       Superior and Elm
418       Water and Locust
421       Galena and Chase
422       Summit and Galena
423       LaGrange and Champlain
424       9's Engine House
424       Summit and Pontiac
425       Summit and LaSalle
426       LaGrange and Bancroft
427       LaGrange and Noble
428       Cherry and Yates
429       Cherry and Seneca
431       Chestnut and Summit
432       Stickney and Maywood
433       LaGrange and Central
434       LaGrange and Manhattan
435       Stickney and Manhattan
437       Streicher and Chestnut
438       Cherry and Michigan
441       Cherry and Superior
448       Ontario and Ash
457       Columbus and Chase
511       Front and Main
512       Main and 4th
531       1st and Euclid
514       Nevada and Oak
515       East Broadway and Nevada
516       East Broadway and Starr
521       Nevada and Spring Grove
522       Starr and Raymer
523       Navarre and White
524       Woodville and East Broadway
525       Oak and Navarre
526       Miami and Fassett
531       Tracy and Foulkes
532       Ironwood and Panama
534       Miami and Oregon
535       Oak and Oakdale
541       Front and Licking
542       Front and Consaul
544       #1 Main
545       Front and Millard
555       East Broadway and Oakdale
564       Woodville and Holmes
591       Starr and Dearborn
621       Mulberry and Page
635       Mulberry and Maywood
644       Elm and Lake
671       Ketcham and Buckeye
722       Front and York
727       York and Collins Park
752       4th and Morrison
818       LaGrange and Detroit
819       Phillips and Detroit
826       Berdan and Willys Parkway
831       Lewis and Eleanor
832       Lewis and Slater
833       N. Lockwood and Sylvania
841       Royalton and Willys Parkway
841       Almeda and Berdan
849       Jackman and Kalida
852*     Upton and Mansfield
862*     Coolidge Parkway and Tremainsville
882*     Sylvania and Bellevue
883*     Sylvania and Douglas
891       Bennet and Eleanor
912*     Beechway and Sherwood
914*     River Road and Sherwood
921       Glendale and Wildwood
922*     River Road and Terminal Railroad
923*     Detroit and Glansman
924*     Detroit and Bryne
961*     River Road and Chevy Chase
TEL*   Meadowood and Darlington
TEL*   South and Toronto
TEL*   Summit and 131st

The officers had a number of rules to follow having to do with the use of the call box:

Rule 1.  The officer in charge of a precinct may change the reporting time of any or all of the districts in his precinct, if in his judgment increased efficiency or service require it. He will instruct the patrolmen on such districts before leaving the Station House; and also instruct the operators.

Rule 2.  On leaving the Station, Patrolmen shall go immediately by the shortest route to their respective districts, and will report from the first box as soon as he arrives, notifying the operator that he is on duty in his district; unless it is within fifteen minutes of his regular time of reporting. He will then report on his regular time thereafter.

Patrolmen when reporting, must at all times give their name and district number distincly, to the operator, and they must be certain that they receive the operator's O.K. before hanging up the receiver.

Rule 3.  When leaving the district to go off duty, the patrolman will report to the operator that he is leaving his district. When patrolmen are called off their districts and assigned to other duties, they will report to the operator that they are leaving their districts, and, on arriving at the scene of the new detail, they will also report to the operator the nature of the new detail.

Rule 4.  The calls and reports are clearly indicated on the inside of all Police Alarm Boxes. The following and reports can be sent in from police boxes:   Fast Wagon, Slow Wagon, Ambulance, Report Dials, 1-2 & 3 and Fire Alarm.   The call is transmitted by placing the indicator on the call or dial desired and pulling the lever. Patrolmen must exercise due care in placing the indicator, so as to be sure of the proper transmission of the required call.   Patrolmen must report on dial assigned to their district. Patrolmen may report from any box on their district unless otherwise instructed by a superior officer.  Superior officers may restrict patrolmen to pulling of certain boxes on their districts if in their judgment increased service requires it; in such cases the police operators must be informed.

Rule 5.    When reporting from Engine Houses, patrolmen will pull the blue box labeled PATROLMANS'REPORT BOX, and will then report over the telephone to the police operator.

Rule 6.    Patrolmen must give particular attention to the following instructions:  they must not repeat or double back on a box unless police duty, or instructions from a superior officer require it.  Patolmen will be allowed five minutes before and five minutes after the indicated time for reporting, but in every case where more time is taken an early or late call will be computed from the indicated time reporting.   In all cases no matter from what cause, patrolmen who are early, late, repeat, double back, or miss their box, must send a written report to the Inspector of Police setting forth their reason for so doing.   Failure to send such report will be considered neglect of duty.

Rule 7.    Patrolmen must not send in a Fire Alarm over a police box where a fire alarm box is on the same pedestal or corner.

Rule 8.    Patrolmen must not send in a fast wagon call unless in case of a real emergency.

Rule 9.    Discharge of police duty will, at all times be considered a just cause for failure to report on time, or, for repeating, doubling, or missing a box.  Patrolmen must closely observe all Police signal lights, bells and horns and immediately communicate with the police operator on observing any signal.

Rule 10.    When patrolmen are assigned to two or more districts, to cover as one, their time of reporting will be the time of the district of the lowest numeral.

Rule 11.    When patrolmen find police boxes out of commission they must report the same to the operator as soon as possible, and they must make a written report to the chief operator.

Rule 12.    Patrolmen will allow no one to use their keys, or phone from any one of the police boxes; except someone connected with the Department, unless in stringent cases.

Rule 13.    Sergeants will pull all boxes on Dial No. 3.

Rule 14.    It shall be the duty of the sergeants, when detailing patrolmen to special duty, to instruct them as to the time they shall report and, if they are to use private phones or patrol boxes.  The sergeants shall also notify the operator as to the time, and whether or not the Patrolmen are to use a private telephone or a patrol box.

Rule 15.    Patrolmen must pay special attention, and conform to the letter of this rule.  When detailed to any duty, other than patroling, they must make a written report to the Inspector of Police, stating the nature the detail, and the time of the starting and finishing same, together with the boxes that they might miss, repeat from, or double on.  In all cases, Patrolmen must make a written report to the Inspector of Police, when they use a private phone in reporting to the operator.

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