A fire in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday destroyed a historic building that had been immortalized on the cover of the 1970 album "Morrison Hotel," by rock band The Doors. More than 100 ...

A fire in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday destroyed a historic building that had been immortalized on the cover of the 1970 album "Morrison Hotel," by rock band The Doors.. More than 100 ...

The historic former Morrison Hotel, which was featured on the cover of a 1970 Doors album, was destroyed by a fire.

The historic Los Angeles building featured on the cover of a 1970 album by iconic rock band The Doors was damaged in a fire Thursday, officials said.

A former hotel in downtown L.A. whose name graced a 1970 Doors album — and where the band shot the record’s cover art — was badly burned in a fire.

Vehicles drive past the Morrison Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Los Angeles. The famed hotel is pictured on the cover of The Doors’ 1970 album of the same name.

The former Morrison Hotel made famous by the Doors' album art erupted in flames in Los Angeles and required more than 100 firefighters to contain the blaze.

Morrison Hotel was The Doors' fifth studio album. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and has been certified platinum. The album is notable for the songs "Roadhouse Blues" and "Peace Frog." ...

There’s a story that album designer Gary Burden liked to tell about shooting the cover for the Doors’ 1970 classic Morrison Hotel.The manager from the eponymous hotel had refused to let the ...

The release was no hitmaker despite reaching No. 4 on Billboard’s album chart in 1970. Henry Diltz, photographer of the original "Morrison Hotel" album cover, at an event at the hotel in January ...

The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters.