Glover House

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Glover House was the childhood home of Thomas Blake Glover the Aberdonian who built the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi. It is located at; 79 Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland.

It is open to the public as a restored Victorian house, with the small museum telling the story of Glover.

[edit] Other homes

  • The home where he was born in Fraserburgh was destroyed by World War II bombing, however a blue plaque marks the site of his birth.
  • Glover's residences in Nagasaki has been turned into a museum, with the Glover Garden (グラバー園) house in Nagasaki attracting two million visitors each year.
  • Glover also had a home in the Shiba Park area of Tokyo.