The Belen Harvey House, at 104 North 1st Street in Belen, New Mexico, also known as the Harvey House Museum, was believed to have been built in 1901 as the Santa Fe Hotel, however this theory was disproved in 2001 by an architectural engineer from the Office of Historic Preservation out of Santa Fe. The building was built in 1910 as a

Harvey House The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States. It was founded in 1876 by Fred Harvey to cater to the growing n ...

, one of a number of restaurants at railway stations in the U.S. southwest. The architect for the building was Myron Church and the architectural style is

Mission Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion *Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity *Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Spanish Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In th ...

. The building is currently used as a museum. It was listed on the

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in 1983. With

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External links

https://www.harveyhousemuseum.org/
* Belen Harvey House Museums in Valencia County, New Mexico National Register of Historic Places in Valencia County, New Mexico Mission Revival architecture in New Mexico Houses completed in 1910 History museums in New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub