Harvey House Railroad Depot

  • Also Known As: Casa Del Desierto

  • Address: Santa Fe Depot
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Harvey House Railroad Depot in Barstow is one of the Fred Harvey Company hotels and restaurants, a chain described as a "the greatest civilizing influence in the West." Fred Harvey hotels and restaurants were a unique adjunct of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway that played an important role in improving the quality and service of food along the rail lines. Prior to the founding of the first Harvey House restaurant, rail passengers often had to endure poor quality food and rushed service at the few eating places available at railroad stops. The custom was to hold the train for a few minutes while passengers bolted for the nearest available fare of the day. - NPS


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1913/00/00 Mary Colter Architect Designed in a hybrid Santa Fe 16th century Spanish and Southwest American Indian style, 'Casa del Desierto' is built between 1910 and 1913 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908.
1913/00/00 Francis W Wilson Architect Designed in a hybrid Santa Fe 16th century Spanish and Southwest American Indian style, 'Casa del Desierto' is built between 1910 and 1913 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908.
1913/00/00 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Owner Designed in a hybrid Santa Fe 16th century Spanish and Southwest American Indian style, 'Casa del Desierto' is built between 1910 and 1913 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908.
1913/00/00 Fred Harvey Company Designed in a hybrid Santa Fe 16th century Spanish and Southwest American Indian style, 'Casa del Desierto' is built between 1910 and 1913 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908.
1926/00/00 At its creation in 1926, the alignment of Route 66 ran adjacent to the Harvey House Railroad Depot.

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Particulars for Harvey House Railroad Depot:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Owner Private
Area of Significance Railroad
Historic Use Railroad Depot
Historic Use Restaurant
Route Route 66
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 3rd April 1975

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Harvey House Railroad Depot
Registry Address: Santa Fe Depot
Registry Number: 75000458
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local, Private
Architect: Coulter,Mary E.J.
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Santa Fe
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Industry, Engineering, Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1911
Historic Function: Transportation, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Restaurant, Rail-related
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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