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.