"Riverside"

Riverside was built in 1909 by Arthur Bussey, a prominent Columbus, Georgia businessman, and served as a summer home for the Bussey family. The spacious dwelling was surrounded by one of the last self-supporting plantations in this area. When Camp Benning was founded in 1918 and the Infantry School moved from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to Columbus, Georgia, Riverside became military quarters. Thereafter it served as the official living quarters for a succession of commanding generals at the Home of the Infantry, and in 1972 it was designated a National Historic Home and accepted by the National Register of Historic Places. General of the Army Omar N. Bradley resided there from February 1941 to January 1942 while serving as Commandant of the Infantry School in the grade of Brigadier General. General of the Army George C. Marshall, while serving in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel as Assistant Commandant of the Infantry School from November 1927 to June 1932, lived in quarters to the left rear of Riverside; that structure was later demolished, and the present Assistant Commandant's quarters at 118 Eames Avenue was built in 1934. General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower occupied quarters to the right front of Riverside at 206 Austin Loop from August 1926 to January 1927, when he held the rank of Major and commanded the 2d Battalion, 24th Infantry.

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia · United States