after several ownership changes over the years, susan and dale sherman bought the hotel and spent 16 months renovating the building, using old photographs for reference. they received the 2002 john d. spellman award for exemplary achievement in historic preservation for their restoration of the mcgrath hotel. the restored building housed robertiello's ristorante italiano, with offices in the old hotel rooms. the building later became boxley's jazz club. in 2014, the owners of boxley's jazz club donated the building to the boxley music fund, a non-profit 501c3 organization. today, it is the iron duck public house.