A new boutique hotel has opened on Tarboro Street in downtown Wilson — the Harriss.
Its guest suites include The Coleman, named in homage to Mattie B. Coleman, long-time proprietor of East Wilson’s Orange Hotel. Samuel H. Vick built the hotel in 1906 in the 500 block of East Nash Street.
The Orange’s stories have gone quiet; the building awaits investment and renovation. In the meantime, Carrie and Holton Wilkerson are honoring part of its legacy of “resilience, progress, and inclusivity.”
Cheers to the Wilkersons — and if you want to book The Coleman, go to http://www.theharriss.com.
Did Sam Vick buy this property from the Harris family? I have evidence that the building was named for the Harris family one and the same of the farm properties surrounding Vick Cemetery !
Yes, the Harriss building was owned by the same family who owned land around Vick (and were descended from F.W. Barnes, who sold to SHV the land that became Vick and Odd Fellows cemeteries.) However, SHV did not buy the land upon which he built the Orange from Harriss. Rather: https://afamwilsonnc.com/2019/04/05/vick-buys-lot-from-the-knights-of-labor/