COACHELLA DESERT LOCAL GARAGE DOORS SINCE 1972

Historical pioneers of the Coachella Valley Garage Door Industry, before Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and La Quinta were official

About Harvey's Garage Door Co

The story of Harvey's Garage Door begins with Harvey. A Gunner's Mate Third Class serving aboard the USS LCI(G)-365, an infantry landing craft modified into a heavily armed rocket-launching gunboat. On W-Day in Guam, July 21st 1944, Harvey was the very first into the line of fire. His orders were to brave the front line to clear the beaches so that troops could land. Harvey carried out his orders, but at heavy cost. At 0815 hours while firing rockets at beach fortifications, the LCI(G)-365 sustained 9 explosive direct hits from 75mm artillery, becoming the first vessel catastrophically hit on W-Day. Yet despite losing communications, taking on water, and with nearly half its crew being dead or wounded they didn't retreat. They kept firing. By 0830 hours, the LCI(G)-365 had successfully launched its entire arsenal of 168 rockets. Salvaged from the wreckage, Harvey survived. He received the Purple Heart medal, and a number of other commendations for his sustained wounds and bravery. Later, the USS LCI(G)-365 was repaired and redeployed to combat in the Philippines.

(Below) Harvey's ship, the USS LCI(G)-365

Photograph of LCI(G)-365 WW2 Rocket gunboat and crew

Returning home after the war to his wife Marian, Harvey was in a somber place. Many of his friends had died, and Harvey needed a new start. So together with his wife, Harvey left Maine to build a house in Indian Wells, and start his new business in what would eventually become Palm Desert, California. At a time when the city had many dirt roads, before Palm Desert would even officially become a city in 1973, Harvey founded Harvey's Garage Door. What is likely now the longest-standing garage door business in the Coachella Valley desert. Starting the thriving small business with just him and his wife, they were among the budding Coachella Valley's first settlers, helping build the foundational infrastructure of what would become cities like Rancho Mirage and La Quinta. He did the technical work, and Marian handled the phones, slowly growing their business into a small bustling company. However, instead of franchising out when they became successful, Harvey reinvested his money inward. Building his own factory to custom design garage doors and garage door motors. In 2005, Harvey passed the business on to his Grandson, Eric Richard who now shares ownership with Tyler his brother, and Hector his close friend. Today, Eric Harvey, the great grandson of Harvey, is here at the company writing this tribute while learning to work the family trade. To this day, Harvey's mindset is permeated throughout the company he built, we focus on quality over quantity. While the industry standard for springs is between ten to twenty thousand cycles, we use a staggering average of thirty five thousand cycles. We aren't afraid to make custom reinforcements to ensure your garage door is generational, just like this company. We trust our customers to notice the Harvey's difference, and hopefully recommend us to their neighbors. It might be an old-fashioned approach to business, more effective back when the Coachella Valley was small and Harvey personally knew a lot of the folks living here, but it feels good to do a good job. That's why Harvey's is the vetted choice for several of the valley's HOAs, and why we're still around today.