 The beautiful woodwork and mantels of the second floor drawing room were salvaged from the Radcliffe-King Mansion (circa 1799) which stood at the corner of George and Meeting Streets and was razed to build the College of Charleston gymnasium, another WPA project.Modeled on eighteenth century London playhouses by Charleston architect and pioneering preservationist Albert Simons, the present Dock Street Theatre's new stage house and auditorium were built in the hotel's courtyard.The local carpenters who were put to work as a part of this Depression era relief effort utilized locally grown and milled native black cypress for the beautiful warm wooden interior.