By the end of the century, the building was then used as a canteen and as barracks for naval reserve force  By the 1840s, the first classrooms established in the building in the early 1920s had been expanded to occupy the entire building, subsequently enlarged and repaired in 1865, and, as the large windows in the western end can tell, meeting the new state policy for school buildings.
As the century drew to a close, the building was repurposed as a dining hall and naval reserve barracks. By the 1840s, the initial classrooms set up in the building during the early 1920s had been expanded to fill the entire structure, which was subsequently renovated and repaired in 1865, reflecting the state's new architectural standards.