Harris Hotel was built in 1865 and at that time belonged to the North Harris Estates. The estates have been owned over the last century by several families such as the Earl of Dunmore, Sir Samuel and Sir Edward Scott, Lord Leverhulme and Sir Tom Sopworth.

The Cameron family took over the lease of the hotel in 1903, having moved from the Taychreggan Hotel by Loch Awe in Argyllshire. The family have been here continually since then apart from a brief period in the 1930's and purchased the hotel outright from the estate in 1948.

The third and fourth generation are now involved in the running of the hotel. Today we welcome visitors from all over the world to experience the attractions of the Western Isles - artists, writers, geologists, archeologists, and even 'castaways' and film producers!

The well-known novelist J. M. Barrie visited Harris in the 1920's, where he was inspired in his writing of Mary Rose. His initials, which he himself etched, can still be seen in the dining room window.