 In 1900, the Boy's Home moved to San Pedro Street and the mansion was donated to the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles repurposed as a "men's boarding house", called the "Bethlehem Hotel" from the Bethlehem Institutes (nearby, corner of Vignes and Ducommun Streets) under the supervision of the Rev.Dr, Dana W. Bartlett.In 1902 a new Bethlehem Men's Hotel was built on Vignes Street, and this mansion became a "Japanese lodging house."