The Hassam House

Hassam's former residence is located on Ijinkan Street in Kobe Chuo District. It is a building with a strong Western style. It was built in 1902 by Alexander N. Hansell. The first floor of the residence is arcade style and the second floor is colonnade style, with a wide Japanese garden. The two gas lamps in the vestibule were built as street lamps in 1874 and are the oldest existing Japanese gas lamps. Part of it was damaged in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, but it was repaired later. There are still traces of the damage caused by the earthquake at that time.