|
Planters Hotel
Crewdson Hotel
Vicks/Miller Hotel
Vicks Hotel
This picture of the hotel on Main Street in
Auburn was taken about 1910. This same picture appeared in the March 2, 1989 issue
of the News Democrat and on the following week, March 9, 1989 Mrs. Katherine Vick wrote
the following to the Editor of the paper. She says:
"I would like to give you a little
information about the hotel in Auburn, which was pictured in the News-Democrat on March 2.
The front porches are gone, but the hotel still stands on Main Street in Auburn. It has
been converted into small apartments and is presently owned by Jerry Wilhelm.
My in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. T.
J. Vick (now
deceased), owned the hotel from 1904 until 1922. The little boy in the picture is Raymond
Vick, who is now a patient at the Auburn Nursing Center. My husband, the late Karl Vick,
was born at the hotel. So were his brothers Hershel and Elvis and his sister Kathleen.
Mrs. Vick operated a boarding house for
"drummers" (traveling salesmen) who came to Auburn by train. She served meals,
assisted by a black cook who later became an excellent chef in a large hotel in
Louisville.
A Mr. and Mrs., Miller were the next owners of
the Hotel, after moving from their farm east of Auburn. The Vick family moved to the farm,
which is now my home. The original house burned in 1943.
I hope
this information will be helpful, and will bring back memories to the older citizens
of this area."
Signed:
Katherine Vick
872
Scott Road
Auburn,
Ky. 42206
1920 Census
| Vick, Tilden J. |
41 |
Kentucky |
Merchant Dry Goods |
b. 1877 d.
1958 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
|
Ina
(nee Oakes) |
38 |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1881 d. 1968 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
|
Raymond
O. |
16
|
Kentucky |
|
b. 1903 d.
1990 |
md. Cassie Harris
& Bulena Wilkerson &
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
|
Hetshel
T. |
14 |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1905 d.
1969 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
|
Karl |
8 |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1911 d.
1979 |
md. Katherine
Wheatley &
Buried-Auburn, KY |
|
Kathleen |
4 |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1916
d.1948 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
|
Elvis |
2/12 |
Kentucky |
|
b. Abt 1920 |
md. Peggy
Mathews |
Another son James E. was born in 1909 and died in 1910. He is also buried
in Auburn. Another infant son was born on May 4, 1913 and died on May 9, 1913.
 | According to Mrs. Katherine Vick the hotel was
sold in 1922 to Mr. & Mrs. Miller. |
| Who were the Millers? |
| They were Leonard (1862-1938) and Vienna LaRue
Miller (1863-1944). |
In 1922 at the time they bought the hotel they
would have been:
| Miller, Leonard |
60* |
Kentucky |
Farmer |
b. 1862 d.
1938 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY (md. abt 1886) |
|
Vienna
LaRue |
59* |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1863 d. 1944 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY (md. abt 1886) |
|
Andrew
T.. |
31 |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1891 d.
1971 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY (Not listed in household in 1930 Census) |
|
Ruby |
30 |
Kentucky |
|
b. Abt. 1892
d. |
(Not listed
in household in 1930 Census) |
|
Emmet
Earl |
28* |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1894 d.
1981 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
|
Sam
(Reverend) |
25 |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1897
d.1982 |
Married Helen
Schanzenbacher -
Buried-Auburn, Ky (Not listed in household
in 1930 Census) |
|
Flora |
16* |
Kentucky |
|
b. 1906 d.
1933 |
Buried-Auburn,
KY |
* indicates listed in household in 1930 Census.
| In 1989 the hotel was owned by Jerry Wilhelm |
| The hotel at present (2005 is owned by Oscar Ray
Wren |
Return to Top of Page
|
