News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), 8 April 1902.
The Briggs was not the only downtown hotel. Many of us remember the Cherry, but the Seabrook, Astor, Carolina, and Imperial Hotels also sheltered white guests. East of the tracks, hotels were more akin to boarding houses, but the Orange, Whitley, Union, and Lynnhaven operated at various times in the mid-500 block of East Nash Street.
- Diviaticus Arnold, cook, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Beatrice Barnes, maid, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Sarah Barnes, cook, Carolina Hotel, 1922
- Mary Barnes, maid, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Walter Barnes, fireman, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Ezabell Battle, hotel servant, 1910
- Lila Battle, maid, Astor Hotel, 1928
- Dan Black, hotel waiter, Imperial Hotel, 1917
- Joseph Blue, bellman, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Sidney Boatwright, hotel porter, 1917
- Seth Brooks, barber, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Marcellus Bryant, hotel servant, 1910
- William Bryant, clerk, Whitley Hotel
- Ernest Bullock, valet, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Eliza Caldwell, maid, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Fannie Campbell, cook, Imperial Hotel, 1920
- Henry N. Cherry, bellhop, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Helen Church, maid, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Clementine Cook, cook, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- James Daniels, porter, Cherry Hotel, 1928
- Daniel W. Darring, dishwasher, Astor Hotel, 1928
- Paul Farmer, hotel servant, 1910
- Alfred Gay, bellboy, 1920
- Thomas Haywood, waiter, Imperial Hotel,
- Nora Hines, maid, Imperial Hotel, 1912
- Peter Johnson, hotel waiter, 1910
- William Pitt, waiter, Seabrook Hotel, 1918
- James Ware, porter, Imperial Hotel, 1912
- Willie Whitehead, hotel waiter, 1910
- Bud Wiley, bootblack, Taylor’s Hotel, 1912
- Henry Wilson, cook, Imperial Hotel, 1912
- Charles Woodard, proprietor, Hotel Union, 1920