Hillsdale’s iconic police booth — the first police headquarters in the borough — was a Christmas gift from the Board of Trade, an organization of local businessmen, in 1925.
A century-old news report describes a beautiful scene in downtown Hillsdale on that Christmas Eve: “The Hillsdale center glowed with electric illumination. A huge Christmas tree in the park was bedecked from bottom branch to top-most peak with colored lights and on the very tip-top a huge circle of lights gave a final brilliant touch.”
A large crowd gathered that evening to see the dedication of the booth and sing Christmas carols in the park…