The Bass Mansion, located at 216 N. College St. in

Stevensville, Montana Stevensville (Salish: ɫq̓éɫmlš) is a town in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,002 at the 2020 census. Stevensville is officially recognized as the first permanent settlement of non-indigenous peoples in the stat ...

, was built during 1908–09. It was listed on the

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in 1978. It was designed by Missoula, Montana architect A.J. Gibson and its construction was supervised by architect John Brechbill for owner Dudley C. Bass. Dudley C. Bass and his brother William Bass, are credited with pioneering the state's fruit industry by their "renowned" Pine Grove (Fruit) Farm, "renowned" in the east as well as the northwest. It is a two-story frame building with a monumental

pedimented Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pediment ...

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

having six "quasi- Ionic" columns. Two of the columns are engaged and four support the front of the pediment. With .

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National Register of Historic Places in Ravalli County, Montana Residential buildings completed in 1909 Houses in Ravalli County, Montana 1909 establishments in Montana Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana {{Montana-NRHP-stub