Bashford House is located at 423 North Pinckney Street, across the street from the Pierce House. It was designed by the same architect and was built in 1857 for a banker. The house is named for Robert Bashford, a former city attorney and also a mayor of Madison. It is now divided into apartments. All the downstairs rooms have fireplaces with hand-carved wooden mantels. The walls are two-and-one-half feet thick and are made of brick. Holes were left in the brick walls to let the heat pass from room to room.