Old HQ Tanglin Barracks : exterior [3]



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28 May 1995

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This 1995 photograph shows the exterior of the former Tanglin Barracks, at Holland Road. Built by Colonel George Chancellor Collyer for European troops in 1861, the Tanglin Barracks stands on a site that was formerly a nutmeg plantation. This site has now been redeveloped into today's Tanglin Village, a cluster of businesses that focuses on lifestyle, education services and art interests. Title devised by Library staff.


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Tanglin Barracks--Photographs

Architecture--Details--Photographs

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Military facilities

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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