Update, November 9, 2002
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The exterior restoration of the Slaton Harvey House is complete, and is attracting a number of lookers from around the region.
The first floor work on the interior will begin in December, and should take six months. When complete, the Harvey House diner, newsstand, and office will look very close to the original plans. We are shrinking the counter a bit, in order to give us more space for display cases for our museum pieces.
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Slaton's former Harvey House before exterior
restoration. Photo's by Tony Privett. |
A new kitchen will be in place where the original kitchen was located, and a community room will round out this phase of construction. The community will be able to enjoy the museum, as well as utilize the facility for meetings and meals. Is there a
restaurateur out there interested in operating in an original Harvey House?
This will leave some office space on the first floor, and the entire second floor for lease. We hope to attract a partner to build out the second floor as a bed-and-breakfast inn. The space where Harvey Girls once slept could house up to nine rooms, each with a private bath. Quite a unique opportunity for the right entrepreneur...especially a
railfan!
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| Harvey House after exterior restoration. Work will begin
on the inside in December, with a scheduled grand opening in the
summer of 2003. |
Additional property just to the west of the Harvey House has been acquired, and will be developed as a rolling stock museum. If you know of acquisition opportunities, or can help us with our final fund raising efforts, please
contact Tony Privett at tonyprivett@hotmail.com.
We will hold a grand opening and dedication of the Harvey House museum in the summer of 2003.
(Tony Privett)
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