Built starting in 1852, the Stagecoach Inn of Salado,

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, is thought to be the oldest extant structure in the village. The Inn was built as a stagecoach stop along the

Chisholm Trail The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The trail was established by Black Beaver, a Lenape guide and rancher, and his friend Jesse Chisholm, a Cheroke ...

. 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. The inn was listed on the

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in 1983. The inn has also been a member o
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." The nearby

Salado Creek Salado Creek ( ) is a waterway in San Antonio that runs from northern Bexar County for about to the San Antonio River near Buena Vista.Stagecoach Inn of Chappell Hill The Stagecoach Inn of Chappell Hill (also known as the Stage Coach Inn) is a historic stagecoach inn at Main and Chestnut Streets in Chappell Hill, Texas, United States. It was built in 1850 by Mary Elizabeth Haller (née Hargrove), the founder ...

, in Washington County *

Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site is a historic hotel in Anderson, Texas. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the site by purchase in 1977 from a Fanthorp descendant. Ten years were spent researching and restoring the Inn to its 1850 ...

, in Grimes County *

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