Stagecoach Inn | |
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Location | 401 S. Stagecoach Rd. Salado, Texas |
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Coordinates | 30°56′34″N 97°32′20″W / 30.94278°N 97.53889°W |
Built | 1852 |
Built by | W.B. Armstrong |
Architectural style | Frontier vernacular |
MPS | Salado MRA |
NRHP reference No. |
83003085
[1] (original) 100001721 [2] (increase) |
RTHL No. | 5091 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 5, 1983 |
Boundary increase | October 10, 2017 |
Designated RTHL | 1962 |
Built starting in 1852, the Stagecoach Inn of Salado, Texas, is thought to be the oldest extant structure in the village. The Inn was built as a stagecoach stop along the Chisholm Trail. The simple, two-story wood-frame building is in a frontier vernacular style. The structure was extended several times in the 1940s and 1950s to serve as a restaurant. [3] The inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] The inn has also been a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2018., although its current name with the organization is the "Shady Villa Hotel." [4]
The nearby Salado Creek was designated a natural landmark in Texas in 1867. [3]