Brooklyn-based Home Studios has turned a former rail baggage handlers' building in Madison into dining spaces that evoke "the golden age of train travel".
Hidden behind an old train depot in the Wisconsin capital, The Harvey House is a 5,000-square-foot restaurant that nods to the Midwestern state's supper club culture of the 1930s and 40s.
The Harvey House occupies a two-storey baggage claim building at the old Madison train station
American cuisine is served over two levels of the old baggage claim house, each with its own bar, which Home Studios renovated with the building's history in mind.
Additional dining spaces are located in a glass-enclosed area on one of the shuttered station's platforms, and in a 1960s train car that sits on the tracks. Home Studio retained many of the original features
Many of the building's original features were retained, including ceiling beams, windows, and the station's sliding wood doors.
The brickwork and dark green window trims guided the colour and material palette for the project, which includes dark woods and tactile upholstery, as well as custom millwork and commissioned artworks.
"Home Studios' primary design goal for The Harvey House was to create a warm and inviting restaurant that marries the familiar comfort of a Wisconsin supper club with a uniquely transportive experience evocative of the golden age of train travel," said the studio.
The restaurant includes a dining area on the former station platform
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