History

​Situated on the border of Rock and Jefferson, the Stagecoach was built in the early 1900s as a rest stop on the northbound stagecoach line. During its first five decades, the building was used as a residence, a general store, and then a gas station that served sandwiches. It became a supper club in the 1950s when owner John Krizan opened Krizan’s Steakhouse. Twenty years later, Tom Gimmer Sr. and his wife Lucy purchased the building and opened the Stagecoach Inn. Tom Sr. ran the bar, and Lucy was the hostess. When Tom Sr. died in 1993, his son Tom Jr. took over the management of the Stagecoach, but when his mother died the following year, he decided to sell. As it happened, he was out mowing the lawn when Sean Shinkay stopped by and asked if the Stagecoach was for sale. They quickly made a deal.