Echoes From The Attic and Poems, Historical Home, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, Dec. 2000
Typed by Belford Carver
Written by by Edna F. Campbell
Copyrighted by Edna F. Campbell
With special thanks to her family for permission to use her works.

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HISTORICAL HOME

BASS HOME REFLECTS CHARM AND BACKGROUND

One of Hammond's most interesting homes is that located on the corner of North 
Magnolia and West Robert Street, a structure that links the early history of the town with 
the present day.

Sharing this impressive domicile are Mrs. Nye S. Bass and her daughter, Miss Marybelle 
Bass, who with the late Mr. Bass, came to Hammond during the height of the 1930 
depression years.

Mr. Bass, an exporter of coffee and a lumber-businessman of New Orleans surprised his 
family one day by stating that he had rented a restaurant in Hammond.  The restaurant 
venture lasted but one short year, but the family remained in Hammond.  They continued 
to reside in the house chosen for their home upon their early years in the town.

The house holds significance in being a part of the first home built by Charles Emery Cate 
for his family residence.  The main section was destroyed by fire in the 1860s.  This 
portion had been moved from its original site and faces Cate Square.  Complementing the 
landmark home are period and heirloom furnishings.

Meticulous care is taken by the Bass family in guarding the preservation of bricks in the 
walk leading to their home, many of them are marked with the Cate lettering, remnants of 
the family brickyard in the formative years of the town.  They cherish the setting with 
the age old trees adding charm and emphasis.

The structure was formerly known as the Charles Edward Cate home prior to the 
possession by the Bass family.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC AND POEMS, II, 1967, by Edna F. Campbell)