[1] Charters Towers Police Station was the product of the Queensland Government Architect's Office of Alfred Barton Brady.

The drawings are signed by the Deputy Government Architect Thomas Pye, and the design is possibly his work.

[1] The discovery of gold at Charters Towers in December 1871 and the expansion of the pastoral industry in the region created a need for a resident police force.

The existing wooden structure was to be moved to the rear of the block and would be sold for removal after the new building was opened.

[1] £3500 was set aside in the 1908 Queensland Government budget towards the cost of the new barracks and in February, 1909 sketch plans were drawn up.

A memo from the Secretary of Public Works, which the Government Architect AP Brady signed on 7 February 1910, recommended that the tender for £3335, from Charters Towers contractor T Johnson, be accepted.

[1] There is little evidence of alterations to the building for some time, other than the installation of the septic in 1960 at a cost of £3088, and the conversion in 1975 of the station to a district headquarters which involved some internal modifications.

[1] The Charters Towers Police Station is a two-storeyed brick building fronted with a timber verandah.

Charters Towers, and Gill Street in particular retains many of its early commercial and public buildings, and the Police Station is located near the centre of this historical business district.

[1] Rectangular in plan, the main block is built of brick with a corrugated steel hipped roof.

The front verandah finishes short of each end, leaving a small bay for a double-hung window on each level.

The rear verandah area has been enclosed in timber framing, and clad in weatherboards, then connected to the concrete block watch-house wing.

[1] Charters Towers Police Station was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The Charters Towers Police Station is important in demonstrating the role of the police force in the development of Queensland regional towns, particularly gold mining towns such as Charters Towers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

The Charters Towers Police Station is an example of quality public building work of the Government Architect's Office.