It was a crude, single-shot pistol—somewhat akin to a twentieth-century derringer—designed to be cheaply and quickly mass-produced, with just twenty-three largely stamped and turned steel parts.

A Glock .45-caliber pistol and a nickel-plated .38-caliber Derringer pistol were among items stolen from Wood Street resident Andrew Sieminski’s vehicle on Dec. 9, he said through a family member.

Built in 1941 and designed by an architect who purposely sculpted it into the shape of the same style Derringer pistols that ISP troopers used in the 1940s, the structure has since been remodeled ...