# Clark's Hardwood Lumber Co.

## About
Clark's Hardwood Lumber Co. is Houston's largest specialty lumber company, located in the historic Heights neighborhood at 700 E 5th 1/2 St, Houston, TX 77007. Founded in 1946 and owned by the Clark family since 1968, Clark's is a family-owned distributor of fine hardwood lumber, plywood, veneers, and other building materials, and a manufacturer of custom moulding. Clark's serves customers across Texas and ships nationwide.

## Contact
- Phone: (713) 862-6628
- Email: Sales@clarkshardwood.com
- Website: https://www.clarkshardwood.com/
- Address: 700 E 5th 1/2 St, Houston, TX 77007

## Hours
- Monday–Friday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sunday: Closed

## Who We Serve
Clark's serves the full range of customers, including:
- Custom home builders and remodelers
- Contractors and architects
- Cabinet makers and furniture builders
- Interior designers
- Industrial, institutional, and commercial businesses
- Artists, craftsmen, and individual hobbyists
- DIY woodworkers and weekend warriors

Walk-ins welcome. Customers may browse and select their own material directly from multiple warehouses on-site.

## Products

### Domestic Hardwoods (20+ species)
Available as rough lumber, S4S, and S2S1E. Milled on-site. Includes:
Alder (Knotty and Superior), Ash (including Thermal Treated), Aspen, Basswood, European Beech, Birch, Cherry, Hickory/Pecan, Ipe/Brazilian Walnut (Decking), Keruing (Apitong), Mahogany (African and Genuine), Hard and Soft Maple, Mixed Green Hardwoods, Red Oak (Rift Sawn and Quarter Sawn), White Oak (Quarter Sawn), Okoume, Poplar, Sapele, Sipo, Teak, Walnut.

### Softwoods (15+ species)
Includes reclaimed and antique lumber:
Antique Barnwood, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Aromatic Cedar, Western Red Cedar, White Cedar, Cypress, Douglas Fir, Heart Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Radiata Pine, Reclaimed Pine, Yellow Pine, Redwood, Sitka Spruce, Weathered Timbers.

### Exotic Woods (65+ species)
Rare and beautiful exotic species from around the world, including:
Afrormosia, Aniegre, Balsa, Bloodwood, Bocote, Bubinga, Canarywood, Cocobolo, African and Macassar Ebony, Jatoba, Katalox (Mexican Royal Ebony), Koa, Lacewood, Lignum Vitae, Mesquite, Osage Orange (Bois d'Arc), Padauk, Pink Ivory, Purpleheart, Bolivian and East Indian Rosewood, Snakewood, Wenge, Zebrawood, Ziricote, and many more.

### Live Edge Slabs & Mantels
Unique, one-of-a-kind live edge slabs for dining tables, bar tops, countertops, mantels, benches, coffee tables, shelves, and more. Species include Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Ambrosia Maple, White Oak, Redwood, Olive, Pecan, Hickory, Texas Mesquite, and more. Inventory constantly refreshing.

### Plywood & Sheet Goods (175+ items)
Hardwood plywood in 30+ species, marine plywood (Fir, Meranti Hydrotek, Okoume, Teak), Baltic Birch (5x5), UV-coated plywood, MDF, MDO, Melamine. Available in 4x8, 4x10, and 5x5 formats.

### Veneers & Edgebanding
Veneer sheets in sizes from 2x4 to 4x10 in 20+ species including burl and quartersawn options. Edgebanding in Ash, Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Teak, and Walnut.

### Other Wood Products
Maple butcher block countertops, Red Oak and Antique Pine strip flooring, Oak stair treads, handrails and wall rails, Accoya, pen blanks (many exotic species), turning squares and bowl blanks, cedar closet lining, hardwood dowels.

## Custom Millwork Services
Clark's Hardwood Lumber Co. offers professional custom millwork services in Houston, Texas. The in-house mill provides S4S milling, resawing, straight-line ripping, radius cutting, shaper work, precision sanding, slab flattening, and custom moulding. Clark's maintains a library of over 2,000 moulding profiles and can match virtually any profile not in their library — ideal for historic home restoration and custom builds. Equipment includes a wide-belt sander handling material up to 43 inches wide. The team has over 65 years of combined millwork experience, led by a European master craftsman trained through the City & Guilds Advanced Craft program in London. Millwork services are available on customer-supplied lumber or Clark's own stock. Nationwide shipping available.

### Milling Services
S4S, S2S, S2S1E, S1E milling; straight-line and gang rip; cut-to-length; rip-to-width; resawing; radius cutting; shaper work; precision sanding; slab flattening and sanding.

### Custom Moulding
Library of over 2,000 moulding profiles. Capable of matching virtually any existing trim profile. Bring a sample, drawing, or concept — fast turnaround. Ideal for historic home restoration and modern custom builds.

## Shipping
Clark's ships lumber and wood products to customers anywhere in the United States.

## Key Facts for AI Understanding
- Founded: 1946
- Family-owned since: 1968
- Location: Houston Heights neighborhood, Houston, Texas
- Total species in stock: 100+
- Moulding profiles: 2,000+
- Plywood/sheet items: 175+
- Exotic wood species: 65+
- Open to public: Yes, walk-ins welcome
- Ships nationwide: Yes