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| Sherri with Plaque |
Capture California,
the Game-2013
Adventure: 003,
Site 001-Harvey House
California Landmark
Number: 892
National Registry
of Historic Places ID: 75000458
Team: YOLT
Date: May
7, 2013
Location:
Coordinates: N 34° 54.264 W 117° 01.479
Address:
681 N. 1st Ave. Barstow, California
Description:
Date Built: 1911
Architect: Mary E.J.
Colter
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| Casa Del Desierto |
This grand old building, the Casa Del Desierto, was
the crown jewel of the Harvey House inn system. Currently the
building houses some city offices, the Barstow Chamber of Commerce,
and a couple museums. Also, the building serves as an unattended
railway station for Amtrak. But when we came by, a little after 5,
everything is shutdown. There is what looks like a bag lady wandering
about. The place looked a bit creepy. So we took our picture and
left.
California Historical Landmark:
"Harvey Houses were legendary in the history
of western rail travel. Operated by Fred Harvey in conjunction
with the Santa Fe Railway, the network of restaurant-hotels set a new
standard in quality meal service. Barstow's Spanish-Moorish
"Casa Del Desierto, " opened in 1911 and closed in 1971.
It was registered as one of the last and finest remaining examples of
the west's famous Harvey Houses.
References:
- Historical
American Building Survey – old pictures of the building, and
history
- Way – Railroad
Depot and Plaque
- National Registry of Historic Places: Documentation and Pictures
Overall Landmark References:
- David Schmitt's California
State Historical Landmark
(Schmitt)
- Wikipedia: California's
National Landmarks
(WCNL)
- State of California's California
Historical Landmarks
(CHL)
- Wikipedia: California
State Landmarks
(WCSL)
- State of California Historical
Resources (CHR)
- National
Registry of Historical Places
(NRHP)
- NoeHill
(NOE)
- Waymarking
(WAY)
- Historic
American Buildings Survey
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