Harvey House Railroad Depot

Barstow, CA

Station statistics

Address

685 North 1st Avenue
Barstow, CA, 92311

Lines

Southwest Chief

Connections

Thruway Motorcoach routes 702, 703, 712, 717

Platforms

1 side platform, 1 island platform (others out of service)

Tracks

2 (others out of service)

Parking

Free

Other information

Opened

February 22, 1911

Code

BAR

Owned by

City of Barstow

Traffic

Passengers (FY2010)

3,870^[1] 7.2% (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station	Amtrak	Following station
Victorville toward Los Angeles	Southwest Chief	Needles toward Chicago
	Former services
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Victorville toward Los Angeles	Main Line	Daggett toward Chicago Dearborn Station
San Bernardino toward Los Angeles	Main Line Major stations	Needles toward Chicago Dearborn Station
Hinkley toward Oakland	Oakland – Barstow	Terminus


Harvey House Railroad Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Santa Fe Depot, Barstow, California
Area:	1.1 acres (0.4 ha)
Built:	1911
Architect:	OR builder, Mary E.J. Colter
Architectural style:	Other, Santa Fe
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	75000458^[2]
Added to NRHP:	April 3, 1975

The Harvey House Railroad Depot, known as the Casa del Desierto - its original name, is a former Fred Harvey Harvey House located in Barstow, in the Mojave Desert within San Bernardino County, California. Casa del Desierto now functions as an unstaffed Amtrak passenger station as well as housing Barstow city offices and two museums.

1 History
2 Landmark
3 Restoration and museums
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

History

The Casa del Desierto station and hotel was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and replaced an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908. It was designed by renowned Fred Harvey Company architect Mary Colter in a synthesis of Spanish Renaissance and Classical Revival architecture styles. The historic structure is an elegant presence in the arising from the Mojave Desert beside the seasonal Mojave River.

Landmark

The station was closed by the Santa Fe in 1973. However in 1975 Casa del Desierto was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

Restoration and museums

The City of Barstow obtained the station in 1990 and moved several city offices into the building. The Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce operates out of "Barstow Harvey House". Other public institutions located here are the "Western America Railroad Museum" on the east side, and the "Barstow Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum on the north side.

References

^ "Barstow, CA (BAR)". Great American Stations. http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/BAR. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ "National Register of Historic Places". http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/CA/San+Bernardino/state.html. Retrieved 2007-05-01.

External links

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