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The Havasu Fred
Harvey House
still stands in Seligman
today, photo courtesy
University of Arizona Library
As railroad
traffic increased in
Seligman,
Arizona the Havasu
Fred Harvey House
was built. Opening in 1905, the hotel included 60,000 square feet,
housing numerous hotel rooms, a large kitchen, a lunch room and a news
stand. Abandoned by the railroad years ago, the building continued to
stand for years but by 2007 was in danger of being demolished. According to federal regulations, any occupied building must be a
safe distance from active railroad tracks, which the building was not
deemed to be, and the owner,
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, made plans to
demolish the building in 2008.
Though locals
and Route 66 preservationists actively worked to save the building, the "Save the Seligman Harvey House" campaign
lost the fight and the building was demolished in May,
2008.
The old
Seligman depot,
courtesy
Don
Gray,
September, 2007.
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