The
Coach Haus of SeeMyCars.com
The
Coach Haus is a 4,800 square foot "garage mahal", specially
built to house the Goethe's SeeMyCars.com fleet.
It is located in Pacific, MO, west of St. Louis off Interstate
44 at exit 257 (20 minutes from I-270).
Custom built in 2003-2004 by Wick Buildings and
Windler Development for Dennis & Peggy Goethe, the
Coach Haus encompasses 4,800 square feet of space in
a 60' x 80' building. The ceilings are 12' high to
accommodate a 10' garage door, so that the tallest
of cars can be easily stored away. The vehicles are
stored in two rows with a center aisle, to
facilitate easily moving any car in or out without
having to move another car out of the way. The
Coach Haus is completely insulated and finished,
heated and air conditioned.
The large concrete floor was poured in two
sections, then finished with decorative stain in a
special design created by Don Dow for the Coach
Haus. The six-foot circular centerpiece of the
floor is a compass rose design, with large
two-foot-square tiles designed in a diagonal
pattern. To say that the floor is the star of the
show would be an understatement!
A large office, laundry room, storage room and
full bathroom are located at the west end of the
building. All the comforts of home are in the
building including refrigerators, microwave, washer
and dryer, shower, telephone and internet
connections, and an alarm system. The large storage
room is used to house a myriad of parts and
accessories which are necessary for such a
collection of rare cars. The office includes a
library of both common and un-common car books,
including many that are now rare and out of print.
I had always dreamed of having a large church
organ, and with the construction of the Coach Haus,
this dream has been realized. The Coach Haus organ
was purchased from a dealer near Washington, DC and
stored away for two years before the building was
completed enough for the organ to be installed.
There is a large sound chamber designed into the
west wall of the building to house the huge speaker
system that is powered by the large organ console.
The console is on a matching oak platform, allowing
the organ to be moved out of the way when not used.
More information about the Rodgers organ
and its dramatic setting is
available
here.
Thanks and accolades go to many people who made
the Coach Haus a reality, including Wick Buildings
and the Wick Building Crew headed by Eric Fann of
Marshall, MO. Also Frank "Pancho" Windler of
Windler Development, who is not only a great guy but
also a great general contractor. Without him, this
would never have been possible. Scott Nelson of
Nelson Contracting Company took care of most of the
finish carpentry, and Don Dow of Midwest Decorative
Concrete created the floor. Windler Landscaping was
responsible for making the outside of the building
look great with landscaping, and the City of Pacific
is gratefully acknowledged and thanked for their
friendly cooperation in allowing the building. St.
Louis' Rodgers Organ dealer installed the organ,
created the sound system, and voiced it perfectly to
suit the room's acoustics. A special thanks to Alan
Bruns of Bruns Monument Company for making this
prime building lot available to us.
We've hosted several
events at the Coach Haus, and the facility is
especially suited to parties with plenty of parking
nearby and a large serving and dining area. We're
always happy to welcome new groups who want an
unusual location for a meeting!