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1885The Clark Building
Our Story
A Paducah landmark, reborn.
Standing at 219 Broadway since before 1885, the Clark Building is one of downtown Paducah's earliest structures and a listed site on the National Register of Historic Places. Its first decades were filled with thriving shops — and its walls have weathered a great deal since.
During the catastrophic 1937 Ohio River flood, more than nine feet of water rose here, nearly reaching the second floor. Afterward the building served as a USO headquarters, hosting dances and gatherings for service members through the war years. The Schroeder publishing family made it a Paducah institution in the 1950s, and in 1993 Hooper's Outdoor Center opened on the ground floor — where it still trades today.
In its latest chapter, BHIK Investments reimagined the landmark as eight boutique apartments, with restoration by Ray Black & Son, architecture by i5Design, and interiors by Charleton & Park — using local materials and craftspeople wherever possible.
219Broadway St.
8Apartments
3×Best Apartments
The restoration kept the building's soul intact. Its grand staircase was returned to pre-flood glory behind a glass viewing wall, with a custom "W" emblem — milled by a local downtown shop — set into the stone. Original 12-foot ceilings run across all three floors above preserved and refinished wood floors, the 19th-century windows keep their rope-and-pulley sashes, and Heaven Hill whiskey barrels now stand where fire buckets once did on the landings. Front apartments look out over Broadway; those at the back take in the Ohio River.
Through the years
1885Built as the Clark Building
1937Survives the Ohio River flood
1940sWartime USO headquarters
1950sHome to the Schroeder family business
1993Hooper's Outdoor Center opens
2022Reopens as The W on Broadway
