Portland · West End
Woodlark Hotel
The 1908 Cornelius Hotel, empty for over two decades after a 1985 fire, joined to the 1912 Woodlark Building and opened as one hotel in 2018.
- Built
- 1908–12Two joined buildings: the Cornelius Hotel (1907-08) and the Woodlark Building (1911-12); opened as the Woodlark hotel December 15, 2018.
- Style
- Renaissance / Baroque Revival (Cornelius Hotel)
- Architect
- John V. Bennes (Cornelius Hotel); Doyle, Patterson & Beach (Woodlark Building)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- West End
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark
The story
The seven-story Cornelius Hotel opened in 1908, designed by John V. Bennes’s firm and run until 1920 by Charles W. Cornelius, Multnomah County’s first coroner. A 1985 fire left its top floors unusable and it stood vacant for more than two decades. The adjacent nine-story Woodlark Building of 1912 was among Portland’s earliest commercial skyscrapers. The two were joined and converted into the Woodlark hotel, which opened on December 15, 2018.
Good to know
- Address: 813 SW Alder Street, Portland, OR 97205
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