Alexander Nelson Hansell

Alexander Nelson Hansell (6 October 1857 – 1940) was a British architect known primarily for his activities in Kobe, Japan. In 1891 he became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects He had an apprentice named Yokoyama Eikichi.

Life

Hansell was born on 6 October 1857 in Caen in Normandy, France. Father and son later returned together to Somerset, England. Alexander mourned his loss greatly, and in 1920 he moved to Hankou in China, and then later to Monaco, where he died.

Hansell's personal residence, known as the Choueke House, is now run as a tourist attraction, located on Yamamoto-dōri in Chūō-ku, Kobe.

Important works In and around the foreign concession Original clubhouse: 1890 (in , destroyed by the war in 1945) office at Lot 122 in the concession: 1893 1896, Hansell's own residence Club Concordia clubhouse at Lot 126 in the concession: 1896 German consulate at Lot 115 in the concession: 1901 HSBC at Lot 2 in the concession: 1902 Jardine Matheson at Lot 67 in the concession: 1905 1912, currently owned by the stained glass artist Michiyo Durt-Morimoto Standard Chartered bank at Lot 67 in the concession (assumed): 1903, Important Cultural Property (assumed ): 1902, Important Cultural Property

Elsewhere Harris Science Hall at Doshisha University: 1890, Important Cultural Property Meiji Hall at : 1895, registered Tangible Cultural Property Dethlefsen House, 1895, former home of A. P. Dethlefsen