Seligman Commercial Historic District
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Seligman Commercial Historic District
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The historic Seligman Sundries building located in the district
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| Location | Roughly bounded by First and Lamport Sts, and Picacho and Railroad Aves., Seligman, Arizona |
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| Coordinates | 35°19′35″N 112°52′27″W / 35.32639°N 112.87417°WCoordinates: 35°19′35″N 112°52′27″W / 35.32639°N 112.87417°W |
| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built | ca. 1903 |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial, Prairie School, etc. |
| NRHP Reference # | 04000511 |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 2005 |
The Seligman Commercial Historic District is a historic district in central Seligman, Yavapai County, northwestern Arizona.
The historic district is along historic Route 66 in town, which was designated a historic highway by the state of Arizona in 1978. The Seligman Commercial Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The region was in the longtime homeland of the Havasupai people, who had a settlement in the present day Seligman area.
Originally Seligman was called “Prescott Junction” because it was the railroad stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad mainline junction with the Prescott and Arizona Central Railway Company feeder line running to Prescott, in the Arizona Territory. The Santa Fe had reached it in 1882. In 1886 it was renamed Seligman, after Jesse Seligman, one of the founders of J.W. Seligman Co. of New York, who helped finance the railroad lines in the area. The original feeder line to Prescott was replaced in 1891 by the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway with the Santa Fe mainline junction at Ash Fork instead.
Because of its flat land Seligman became a large switching yard consisting of many tracks, and served as a large livestock shipping center for the areas ranchers. It was also a terminal point for changing train crews between Winslow and Needles, California, who used overnight cottages in the town.
The 'Havasu House' was a Fred Harvey Company Harvey House hotel and restaurant in Seligman, serving the Santa Fe Railway and local residents. It was named “Havasu” after the native Havasupai tribe of the area. Adjacent to it was the Santa Fe Depot and Reading Room. The Havasu Harvey House opened in 1905, closed in 1954, and was demolished in 2008.
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