“Riverside,” home of a succession of commanding generals at Fort Benning, is a historic landmark in its own right. Built in 1909 by Arthur Bussey, a Columbus, Georgia businessman, the spacious residence was both a summer home for the Bussey family and the seat of a great self-supporting plantation.
A rarity in those days was the running water system. From a pond at the foot of a hill about a mile away, water was pumped by a ram into a tower and then piped into the house.
Riverside made the transition from a family summer home to military quarters soon after the Infantry School was moved from Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Columbus, Georgia in 1918. A camp named for Confederate General Henry Lewis Benning had first been established on Macon Road moved to its present location and was designated Fort Benning.
In July 1971, the home was added to the National register of Historic Sites and joined a long list of significantly historic structures.
Project Scope: exterior restoration and renovation
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