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 ...

It was a building immortalized as the album art and title for the Doors’ fifth album. But on Thursday, the former Morrison Hotel — most recently slated to be used for affordable housing ...

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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." ...

LOS ANGELES — The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. 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 ...