National Register of Historic Places
Weiss-Steinburg-Bush House
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
The record
- Listed
- July 12, 2019
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 1300 Buena Vista Rd., Augusta
- County
- Richmond
- State
- Georgia
- Contributing resources
- 3 buildings, 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 33.47449, -82.03776
- Reference number
- 100004115
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The story
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The Weiss-Steinburg-Bush House is a house at 1300 Buena Vista Rd. in Augusta, Richmond County, built in 1932 and 1933 in the French Vernacular Revival style.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2019 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in social history and architecture. Its period of significance runs from 1932 to 1969, reflecting the house's construction and Bill Bush's 1965 to 1969 presidency of Historic Augusta, Inc.
Physical character
The house has load-bearing brick walls and foundations, wood-sided sections, a steeply pitched roof with dormers, six-over-six wood sash windows, and a grand staircase with a curved mahogany handrail. Its original wood shake roof was replaced with simulated cementitious shakes in 2003, and the house was rehabilitated in 2016. In 1947 Willis Irvin designed a library and bar addition, and in 1959 the garage and sleeping porch were enclosed to create a playroom and bedroom.
Historical context
Around 1939 the house was used by family members and as a rental; in 1946 the Steinberg family bought it and hired Irvin to design an addition. In 1965 Bill Bush and Frenchie Bush led the group that formed Historic Augusta, Inc., and Bill Bush served as its first president through 1969.