Bass–Perry House
Historic house in Alabama, United States
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The Bass-Perry House is a historic plantation house in Seale, Alabama, U.S.
Bass-Perry House | |
The Bass-Perry House in 2011 | |
  Location within Alabama  Location within the United States | |
| Nearest city | Seale, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 32°20′46″N 85°7′57″W |
| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000355[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1976 |
The house was built between 1840 and 1844 for Hartwell Bass, who came from Virginia and used the forced labor of enslaved people to grow cotton on a large farm. Bass 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]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 19, 1976.[3]
