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Mounted Police Barracks Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal EG BOMPAS: Project Architect Sir Albert Henry HIME: Engineer PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of the NATAL COLONY: Architect

Date: 1878-1890 Type: Police Barracks Status: Extant

The the building started in 1878 but numerous disruptuions caused it to be completed in 1890. (Kearny 1973) Books that reference Mounted Police Barracks Hillebrand, Melanie. 1975. Aspects of architecture in Natal, 1880-1914. Pietermaritzburg: Unpublished MA. Dept Fine Art and History of Art, University of Natal. pg 160 Kearney, Brian. 1973. Architecture in Natal from 1824-1893. Cape Town: Balkema. pg 56, 220 (fig. 471,472)