The Bass Mansion, also known as Brookside, is an administrative building and historic structure at the University of Saint Francis located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration bought the home and more than 65 acres of surrounding landscape from the Bass family in 1944 and relocated their college.
The brothers started a machine works doing business as Jones, Bass and Company at the site of the present-day post office on South Clinton Street.
[6] In 1889, John Henry Bass (1835–1922), hired local architects Wing and Mahurin to build a Romanesque summer home named Brookside.
Bass improved the landscape's aesthetic value with a man-made lake outlining the north, east and south façades of the home.
[11] Conrad Schmitt Studios' restoration of the historic Bass Mansion includes, period conservation and replication of the ornate decorative painting and stencil work.
Today, mural conservation, stenciling, tromp l'oeil, glazing and gilding adorn the hallowed halls of the restored Bass Mansion.