Bass-Perry House

The Bass-Perry House is a historic house on a former plantation in Seale, Alabama, U.S.

Bass-Perry House
The Bass-Perry House in 2011
Nearest citySeale, Alabama
Coordinates32°20′46″N 85°7′57″W
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1840 (1840)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.76000355[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1976

History

The house was built between 1840 and 1844 for Hartwell Bass, a planter from Virginia who was a trustee of the Good Hope Male and Female Academy.[2] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.[2] When Bass died in the early 1840s, it was inherited by his widow, Elizabeth, and her son-in-law, Patrick Henry Perry.[2] The house remained in the family until 1939.[2]

The house was owned by Hillary Mott from 1939 to 1968.[2] Mott was the president and later chairman of the Nehi Corporation as well as the director of the Southern Industrial Council based in Nashville, Tennessee.[2] By 1968, he sold the house to Roy Green.[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 19, 1976.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Bass-Perry House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  3. "Bass-Perry House". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 13, 2017.


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