How did militia barracks look in the 19th century?

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There wasn't really any standardised design, as you can see from the variations in the images already shown.

This is in part because many barracks would be just repurposed other buildings, and of course building styles would vary over time and space as well.

You'd get to see thus the same variety as in any other type of building, but likely with a tendency towards larger blocky buildings, easily divided into similar sized rooms for use as quarters and offices, armouries and mess halls.

http://www.legerplaats.nl/breda/_breda.htm shows a Dutch barracks built in 1764, expanded in 1878, and still in use today (plus several others from the same era, including interior photographs). enter image description here enter image description here enter image description here

Last image looks like a messhall, the furniture would of course have been different in the period you're after, but the layout shows clearly.

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