[4] The original plan for the hotel would have filled the entire block between Hibernian Hall to the south and Queen St. to the north, but a rival hotelier purchased one of the necessary lots first and refused to sell it.

[6] When President Theodore Roosevelt visited the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition in 1902, he stayed at the hotel.

[8] They demolished it in late 1968 (but saved the ironwork and cornices to reinstall)[9] and built a 217-room replica with a largely faithful facade, only increased from five to seven stories.

A three-story, brick building to the south (111 Meeting Street) was also razed to make way for a side entrance to the new hotel and a garden area.

[12] The chandelier in the Meeting Street lobby was acquired from Belle Meade Plantation, a Nashville, Tennessee house that was designed by William Strickland.