The
Casa del Desierto (also known as the
Harvey House Railroad Depot) is a former
Harvey HouseHarvey House may refer to:*One of many hotels of the Fred Harvey Company in the U.S. west, which include :*Harvey House Railroad Depot , listed on the NRHP in California...
in
Barstow, CaliforniaBarstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 21,119 at the 2000 census.Barstow is a major regional transportation center. Several major highways including Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 converge in the city. It is the site of a large rail...
, that now functions as an unstaffed
AmtrakThe National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a blend of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union Station...
station as well as housing Barstow city offices and two museums.
The station was built by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...
and replaced an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908. It was designed by
Mary ColterMary Elizabeth Jane Colter was an American architect. As a child Mary Colter traveled with her family through frontier Minnesota, Colorado and Texas in the years after the American Civil War. After her father died in 1886 Colter attended the California School of Design in San Francisco...
.
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The
Casa del Desierto (also known as the
Harvey House Railroad Depot) is a former
Harvey HouseHarvey House may refer to:*One of many hotels of the Fred Harvey Company in the U.S. west, which include :*Harvey House Railroad Depot , listed on the NRHP in California...
in
Barstow, CaliforniaBarstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 21,119 at the 2000 census.Barstow is a major regional transportation center. Several major highways including Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 converge in the city. It is the site of a large rail...
, that now functions as an unstaffed
AmtrakThe National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a blend of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union Station...
station as well as housing Barstow city offices and two museums.
The station was built by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayThe Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859...
and replaced an earlier one built in 1885 that burned in 1908. It was designed by
Mary ColterMary Elizabeth Jane Colter was an American architect. As a child Mary Colter traveled with her family through frontier Minnesota, Colorado and Texas in the years after the American Civil War. After her father died in 1886 Colter attended the California School of Design in San Francisco...
. The station was closed by the Santa Fe in 1973, but was added to the
National Register of Historic PlacesThe National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1975.
The City of Barstow obtained the station in 1990 and moved some city offices into the building. The Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce operates out of "Barstow Harvey House". Other tenants are the
Western America Railroad MuseumThe Western America Railroad Museum is a railroad museum located in Barstow, California.The museum collects, preserves and shares the history of railroading in the Pacific Southwest...
, which can be found on the east side, and the Barstow Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum with its entrance on the north side.
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