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The Woodlark Building in downtown Portland is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Oregon State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation in June recommended that the 102-year-old, nine-story office building on Southwest Alder Street be given a national listing. The National Park Service approved the nomination in early August, said Diana Painter, an architectural historian with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.

The Woodlark Building was designed by Doyle, Patterson and Beach 鈥� a formerly prominent architecture firm 鈥� in the Commercial style with an elaborate cornice and prominent entry. The original wood windows remain above the retail and mezzanine levels, which have been remodeled over time.

The building’s appearance and longtime use as offices is deceiving, Painter said. It was actually originally constructed as a retail and wholesale pharmacy operation for Woodard, Clarke & Co. and Clarke-Woodward Drug Co.

鈥淚t’s a really attractive building with all the terra-cotta detailing, but it’s also got an interesting history,鈥� Painter said.

The structure was built during a major building boom in Portland following the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905. In 1924, the drug companies were sold and the building’s upper floors were converted to office space.

The Woodlark Building is now one of more than 600 properties in Portland that are listed on the national register.