The Pershing Home on Fort Bliss was built in 1910. General of the Armies John J. “Black Jack” Pershing lived in the home at 228 Sheridan Road from 1914 to 1916 as then post commander.
In October 1911, the Pershing House was the scene of a historic event: The first 48-star flag was raised in front of the quarters to celebrate the pending statehood of neighboring New Mexico and Arizona.
During Pershing’s 1916 Punitive Exhibition against Francisco “Pancho” Villa, the house buzzed with activity as a command post. Villa had visited the house as a guest in 1914.
Host to military and civilian society
An April 20, 1985, Times article reports, “The house is of masonry construction, probably structural clay tile, with shingle-covered hip roof having a single dormer at center front.
Fort Bliss Pershing House guests included Pancho Villa and Buffalo Bill
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