The Morrison Lodge in Los Angeles made well-known by The Doorways catches hearth

The previous Morrison Lodge, made well-known by the Doorways and their 1970 album of the identical title, was considerably broken by a hearth that broke out Thursday in downtown Los Angeles.

The four-story constructing, unoccupied for greater than a decade, burned for practically two hours earlier than greater than 100 firefighters introduced the flames below management, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fireplace Division.

The Morrison Lodge was featured on the duvet of The Doorways’ fifth album.

Famed music photographer Henry Diltz made this picture in 1969 and stated years later that it took a little bit of trickery to attain it.

A lodge worker instructed the group that they weren’t allowed to take pictures inside, however when the worker walked away, the group bumped into the foyer and Diltz shortly took the picture searching the window, with legendary frontman Jim Morrison within the center.

“It was an enormous previous picket constructing with many small rooms upstairs the place transient vacationers and drinkers may sleep on a cot for 2 {dollars} 50 cents an evening,” Diltz instructed the Related Press Friday.

“I believe the attractive entrance window with ‘Morrison Lodge’ in purple letters was the very best half. The Doorways too!

The album was seen as a return to their roots for The Doorways, following Morrison’s arrest on stage at a Miami live performance which noticed him convicted of indecent publicity and profanity.

Morrison and The Doorways would launch one final album, LA Lady, earlier than he was discovered lifeless in a Parisian bathtub on July 3, 1971.

Los Angeles firefighters who first arrived on the scene of the fireplace discovered flames on the highest ground of the constructing.

A number of individuals who have been within the constructing escaped with out accidents, together with three individuals rescued by firefighters from the third ground, in accordance with the division.

The constructing’s roof collapsed, leaving its structural integrity in query, the ministry stated.

The constructing has been used lately as a coaching website for firefighters.