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Old Photograph Buchanan Retreat Bearsden Scotland
Old photograph of the Buchanan Retreat house in Bearsden, Glasgow, Scotland. Now known as Boclair House it was originally built as the Buchanan Retreat in 1890 by legacies from three Buchanan sisters of Bellfield, Ayrshire, to provide a home for elderly members of the Buchanan Clan. In due course the restriction to those called Buchanan had to be removed due to the lack of applications from people of that surname and, following an interest taken in the Institution by the Corporation of Glasgow, who were represented among the original trustees, it became a Home for elderly men. In 1960 the property was acquired by Bearsden Town Council and became the new Municipal Buildings. By 1975 the building housed the Administration and Finance Departments of the new Bearsden and Milngavie District Council.
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