List of fake buildings

This lists fake buildings that are used for communication facilities such as telephone exchanges and data centers.

Name	Image	Address	Town / City	Country	Coordinates	Purpose	Notes and references
West Hartford Data Center		130 South Main Street	West Hartford, Connecticut	United States	41°45′12″N 72°44′36″W / 41.75336°N 72.74336°W / 41.75336; -72.74336	Data center	Built for telephone exchange, but later converted into a data center.[1][2]
636 Orange Center Road		636 Orange Center Road	Orange, Connecticut	United States	41°16′48″N 73°01′38″W / 41.27995°N 73.02723°W / 41.27995; -73.02723	Telecommunication equipment	Frontier Communications building disguised as a single family home with blackout windows[3]
335 Glen Road		335 Glen Road	Rochester, New York	United States	43°07′39″N 77°31′09″W / 43.12738°N 77.51907°W / 43.12738; -77.51907	Telecommunication equipment	[4]
91 Pinegrove Avenue		91 Pinegrove Avenue	Rochester, New York	United States	43°13′33″N 77°35′49″W / 43.22593°N 77.59686°W / 43.22593; -77.59686	Telecommunication equipment	[5]
Henson		13352 Blossomheath Lane	Dallas, Texas	United States	32°55′48″N 96°46′10″W / 32.93005°N 96.769412°W / 32.93005; -96.769412	Data center	Owned by AT&T. Disguised as a large suburban house.[6][7]
Henson 2		13229 Southview Lane	Dallas, Texas	United States	32°55′47″N 96°46′10″W / 32.92961°N 96.76949°W / 32.92961; -96.76949	Data center	Previously owned by AT&T. Disguised as a large suburban house.[8][9]

This lists fake buildings that are used for ventilation of enclosed spaces such as tunnels.

Name	Image	Address	Town / City	Country	Coordinates	Purpose	Notes and references
Thornton Tunnel Ventilation House	Upload image	3911 Frances Street	Burnaby, British Columbia	Canada	49°16′46″N 123°01′06″W / 49.27954°N 123.01840°W / 49.27954; -123.01840	Ventilation shaft	Part of Thornton Tunnel for Canadian National Railway[10]
Towers substation	Upload image	1423 rue Towers	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	45°29′34″N 73°34′53″W / 45.49273°N 73.58139°W / 45.49273; -73.58139	Ventilation shaft	Historical landmark rebuilt brick by brick as a ventilation station for the Montreal Metro[11]
23–24 Leinster Gardens		23–24 Leinster Gardens	Bayswater, London	England	51°30′45″N 0°11′01″W / 51.51261°N 0.18361°W / 51.51261; -0.18361	Ventilation shaft	For the London Underground. Disguised with grayed out windows[12]
2 Old Eldon Square		2, Old Eldon Square	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	54°58′27″N 1°36′52″W / 54.97430°N 1.61445°W / 54.97430; -1.61445	Ventilation shaft	For Tyne and Wear Metro, vents on the roof (seen on the right of the photo)[13]
Chalfont St Giles Ventilation Shaft	Upload image	Bottom House Farm Lane	Chalfont St Giles	England	51°38′38″N 0°35′48″W / 51.64388°N 0.59665°W / 51.64388; -0.59665	Ventilation shaft	High Speed 2 ventilation shaft disguised as a barn[14][15]
Chalfont St Peter Ventilation Shaft	Upload image	Chesham Lane	Chalfont St Peter	England	51°37′42″N 0°33′21″W / 51.62846°N 0.55578°W / 51.62846; -0.55578	Ventilation shaft	High Speed 2 ventilation shaft disguised as a barn[16][17]
145 rue La Fayette		145, rue La Fayette	10th arrondissement of Paris	France	48°52′45″N 2°21′22″E / 48.87920°N 2.35614°E / 48.87920; 2.35614	Ventilation shaft	For RATP Paris Métro[18]
29 rue Quincampoix		29 rue Quincampoix	4th arrondissement of Paris	France	48°51′37″N 2°21′00″E / 48.86029°N 2.35008°E / 48.86029; 2.35008	Ventilation shaft	For RATP. Trompe l'oeil paintings on windows.[19]
Ventilation shaft of the Magenta station	Upload image	174 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis	10th arrondissement of Paris	France	48°52′48″N 2°21′27″E / 48.87998°N 2.35763°E / 48.87998; 2.35763	Ventilation shaft	Part of EOLE project[20]
3 rue de l'Aqueduc	Upload image	3 rue de l'Aqueduc	10th arrondissement of Paris	France	48°52′47″N 2°21′29″E / 48.87978°N 2.35800°E / 48.87978; 2.35800	Technical shaft	Part of EOLE project[21]
Yarmouth Street Ventilation Shaft		Yarmouth Street	Boston, Massachusetts	United States	42°20′46″N 71°04′38″W / 42.346207°N 71.077265°W / 42.346207; -71.077265	Ventilation shaft	The ventilation shaft (the rightmost portion) was wrapped by a brick facade to create an appearance of a bow-front townhouse[22]
58 Joralemon Street		58 Joralemon Street	Brooklyn, New York	United States	40°41′36″N 73°59′51″W / 40.69345°N 73.99740°W / 40.69345; -73.99740	Ventilation shaft and emergency exit	For the New York City Subway. Disguised with blacked out windows.[23]

This lists fake buildings that are used to house equipment for water distribution networks, sewage management, and stormwater management.

Name	Image	Address	Town / City	Country	Coordinates	Purpose	Notes and references
Duffus Street pumping station	Upload image	5211 Duffus Street	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canada	44°40′15″N 63°36′07″W / 44.67087°N 63.60195°W / 44.67087; -63.60195	Sewage pumping station	Halifax Water underground station with an entrance disguised as a split-level home.[24]
North Oakville East Wastewater Pumping Station	Upload image	345 Dundas Street West	Oakville, Ontario	Canada	43°28′12″N 79°44′24″W / 43.470066°N 79.739913°W / 43.470066; -79.739913	Sewage pumping station	Disguised as an early 20th century fire station.[25]
WNY1 Solids & Floatables Facility		South of 6400 Anthony M. Defino Way	West New York, New Jersey	United States	40°47′11″N 74°00′12″W / 40.78640°N 74.00329°W / 40.78640; -74.00329	Combined sewer overflow screening facility	A facility disguised as townhouses, built in 2009 by North Hudson Sewerage Authority[26]
H1 Screening and Wet Weather Pump Station		99 Observer Highway	Hoboken, New Jersey	United States	40°44′08″N 74°01′53″W / 40.73546°N 74.03131°W / 40.73546; -74.03131	Combined sewer overflow screening and flood pumping station	Disguised as a modern building that has an architectural connection to the Hoboken Terminal[27][28]
Belindeer Pump Station	Upload image	5700 Belinder Avenue	Fairway, Kansas	United States	39°01′33″N 94°37′01″W / 39.02586°N 94.61692°W / 39.02586; -94.61692	Sewage pumping station	Johnson County Wastewater[29]
Nall Avenue Holding Station	Upload image	7490 Nall Avenue	Prairie Village, Kansas	United States	38°59′36″N 94°38′58″W / 38.99347°N 94.64951°W / 38.99347; -94.64951	Sewage pumping station	Johnson County Wastewater[29]
Wade Avenue Pump Station	Upload image	3215 Wade Avenue	Raleigh, North Carolina	United States	35°48′03″N 78°40′43″W / 35.80076°N 78.67854°W / 35.80076; -78.67854	Water booster pumping station	Raleigh Public Utilities Department[30]
Lake Gaston Pipeline Pump Station	Upload image	207 Beddingfield Way	Valentines, Virginia	United States	36°32′48″N 77°51′46″W / 36.54661°N 77.86273°W / 36.54661; -77.86273	Water source pipeline pumping station	Lake Gaston is a water source for Virginia Beach, Virginia. The station is disguised as a lake house.[31]
Alline Avenue Pump Station	Upload image	2921 W Alline Avenue	Tampa, Florida	United States	27°53′54″N 82°29′32″W / 27.89821°N 82.49224°W / 27.89821; -82.49224	Stormwater pumping station	Disguised as a bungalow[32]
Locust Valley Pump Station		20 Meleny Rd	Locust Valley, New York	United States	40°54′17″N 73°34′58″W / 40.90480°N 73.58274°W / 40.90480; -73.58274	Sewage pumping station	Disguised as a small single family house[33][34]
Glannon Pump Station		3788 Mt Royal Boulevard	Allison Park, Pennsylvania	United States	40°33′15″N 79°58′16″W / 40.55423°N 79.97106°W / 40.55423; -79.97106	Sewage pumping station	Disguised as a single family home with a front porch[35]
Highland Park Wastewater Treatment Facility		316 Highland Park Road	Sellersville, Pennsylvania	United States	40°20′42″N 75°18′06″W / 40.34509°N 75.30164°W / 40.34509; -75.30164	Wastewater treatment plant	Hilltown Township Water & Sewer Authority. Plant disguised as a red barn.[36]
Wyndgate Subdivision Wastewater Treatment Plant	Upload image	128 Wyndgate Valley Drive	O'Fallon, Missouri	United States	38°44′53″N 90°48′30″W / 38.74815°N 90.80847°W / 38.74815; -90.80847	Membrane bioreactors wastewater treatment plant	A subdivision of Duckett Creek Sanitary District. Plant disguised as a two-story single family house to blend in with the neighbors.[37][38]
Riverdale Subdivision Wastewater Treatment Facility	Upload image	1400 Riverdale Manor Drive	O'Fallon, Missouri	United States	38°53′01″N 90°44′38″W / 38.88364°N 90.74379°W / 38.88364; -90.74379	Membrane bioreactors wastewater treatment plant	A subdivision of Duckett Creek Sanitary District. Plant disguised as a horse barn.[37][39]
Johns Creek Environmental Campus	Upload image	8100 Holcomb Bridge Road	Alpharetta, Georgia	United States	33°58′37″N 84°15′58″W / 33.97691°N 84.26613°W / 33.97691; -84.26613	Wastewater treatment plant	Camouflaged to look like an old mill complex[40]
Southport Unit 5 Vacuum Station	Upload image	2281 SE Sidonia Street	Port St. Lucie, Florida	United States	27°16′22″N 80°18′14″W / 27.27287°N 80.30376°W / 27.27287; -80.30376	Sewage pumping station	Disguised as a bunkalow.[41]
Kennedy Avenue Pump Station		6448 Kennedy Avenue	Cincinnati, Ohio	United States	39°11′16″N 84°24′49″W / 39.18771°N 84.41348°W / 39.18771; -84.41348	Water pumping station	Disguised as an apartment building in the Kennedy Heights neighborhood.[42]
Muddy Creek-Westbourne High Rate Treatment Facility		5723 Muddy Creek Road	Cincinnati, Ohio	United States	39°08′01″N 84°38′04″W / 39.13361°N 84.63454°W / 39.13361; -84.63454	Wastewater treatment plant	Enhanced high rate settling facility to treat combined sewer overflow.[43] Disguised as a one-story home or office building,[42][44]

This lists fake buildings that are used for providing heating and cooling services such as district heating, district cooling and cold district heating.