Historical Marker

Stagecoach Inn

Historical marker location:
401 S. Stagecoach Rd., Salado, Texas
( Main Street (old US 81) at College Hill, Salado.)
Marker installed: 1962

Constructed during the 1860s, the Stagecoach Inn was known as Salado Hotel and as Shady Villa before the current name was adopted in 1943. Military figures George Armstrong Custer and Robert E. Lee, and cattle baron Shanghai Pierce are among those thought to have stayed here. A good example of frontier vernacular architecture, the Stagecoach Inn features a two-story galleried porch with a second-story balustrade.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962.