[4] It was designed by William Lee Stoddart and was a steel-frame building sheathed with sections of gray granite and buff-colored brick.

[1] In the years following its closure, attempts were made to find developers who could rehabilitate and preserve the structure.

[6] David Copperfield used the implosion as the setting for his escape in the TV special The Explosive Encounter.

[7] A restaurant of the same name was created in its honor and reused many interior pieces from the original hotel.

This article about a property in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.