Fred Harvey Company - Notable Fred Harvey Hotels

Notable Fred Harvey Hotels

Of the eighty-four Fred Harvey facilities, some of the more notable include:

  • The Alvarado — Albuquerque, New Mexico; closed in 1969. Demolished. Exhibit at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History (March 8- June 7, 2009.)
  • The Bisonte — Hutchinson, Kansas; closed in 1946
  • The Casa del Desierto — Barstow, California; closed in 1959. Refurbished 1999; operating as two museums and city offices.
  • Castañeda — Las Vegas, New Mexico; closed in 1948, used in the film Red Dawn
  • El Garces — Needles, California; closed in 1958. Undergoing restoration (2008).
  • El Navajo — Gallup, New Mexico; closed in 1957.
  • El Ortiz — Lamy, New Mexico; closed in 1938.
  • El Otero — La Junta, Colorado; closed in 1948.
  • El Tovar — Grand Canyon, Arizona; still in operation.
  • El Vaquero — Dodge City, Kansas; closed in 1948.
  • The Havasu House — Seligman, Arizona; closed in 1955. Demolished 2008.
  • The Escalante — Ash Fork, Arizona; closed in 1948, demolished in the 1970s
  • The Fray Marcos — Williams, Arizona; restored and reopened as a historic hotel and train depot for the Grand Canyon Railway
  • La Fonda — Santa Fe, New Mexico; still in operation
  • Las Chavez — Vaughn, New Mexico; closed in 1936
  • La Posada — Winslow, Arizona; closed in 1957; restored and reopened as a historic hotel
  • The Sequoyah — Syracuse, Kansas; closed in 1936

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