Barstow Harvey House / Route 66 & Western America Railroad Museums (Barstow, California)

USA / California / Barstow / Barstow, California / North 1st Avenue, 685
 NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, train station, historic landmark, railway museum
685 North First Avenue
Barstow, CA 92311
(760) 256-9276

In 1893 Fred Harvey, founder and operator of the Santa Fe Harvey Houses, took over the operation of all hotel and restaurants on the Santa Fe line, including the one at Barstow (then Waterman Junction) constructed in 1885. In 1908 this Harvey House burned, and in 1910-13 the present Spanish-Moorish structure designed by architect Mary E. J. Coulter was constructed. It is the best surviving example of California's depot-hotels of the turn of the century. Casa del Desierto is California Historical Monument #892.


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Barstow Harvey House: barstowharveyhouse.com/

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barstow_Harvey_House
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Coordinates:   34°54'17"N   117°1'29"W

Comments

  • The depot on site has been preserved and houses the Barstow Chamber of Commerce office. Not usually open on weekends.
  • Stopped here only once, and loved it immedeatly, the real Barstow Station.
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