Description:
Until recently, this building is probably better known to citizens of Nagasaki than those of Aberdeen. From 1864 for a period of 25 years it was the home of the Glover family whose most famous son, Thomas Blake Glover, set up the modern shipbuilding industry in Japan and whose extraordinary life there is believed to have provided the inspiration for the Madam Butterfly story. The house has been recently restored to recreate its appearance at the time that the Glover family lived here in 19th century, the rooms having period decoration and furnishings.
