Woodlark Building, Historic commercial building in downtown Portland, United States

The Woodlark Building is a nine-story office structure with Beaux-Arts ornamentation located at the corner of Southwest Alder Street and 9th Avenue. The structure now contains a hotel and retail spaces across its lower floors.

The building was constructed in 1911-1912 and initially served as headquarters for pharmaceutical companies Woodard, Clarke & Company and Clarke-Woodward Company until 1924. A major renovation in 2018 merged it with the adjacent Cornelius Hotel to create a hotel operation.

The name was first written "Wood-Lark", combining parts of the surnames of Louis G. Clarke and William W. Woodward, the partners behind the two drug firms. The same trick had named their earlier Cla-Wood Building at Northwest 9th and Hoyt. Look for the terracotta arch added by architect Emil Schacht in 1924, when the main entrance was moved from West Park Street to Alder Street.

The building sits at a central intersection downtown and is easily accessible on foot. Visitors can explore the lobby and dining areas on the lower floors or stay in the hotel rooms above.

The building's name was originally written "Wood-Lark", combining parts of the surnames of Louis G. Clarke and William W. Woodward, the partners behind the two pharmaceutical firms. They had used the same trick in 1907 for their earlier headquarters, the Cla-Wood (Clawood) Building at Northwest 9th and Hoyt, demolished and delisted in 2000.