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How a 1931 church became a glamorous new boutique hotel

Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
Sep 11, 2026
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SILVER LAKE, CA - SEPTEMBER 04, 2026: Hotel Lucile was formerly a 1931 church. Photographed on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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A booth at Sous Sous restaurant at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. The hotel was a 1931 church. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Sous Sous restaurant at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. The hotel was a 1931 church. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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The rooftop lounge at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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The sitting area inside a suite at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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A desk inside a Premium King Room at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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The bathroom inside a suite at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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The dining room in Sous Sous restaurant at Hotel Lucile in Silver Lake, California on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES -- There's a cross on the roof, stained glass in the windows and a choir loft upstairs, but this whitewashed three-level building near Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake is no longer a house of worship.

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