List of tallest buildings in Durham, North Carolina
This is a list of the 22 tallest buildings in Durham, North Carolina above 110 feet. The tallest building in Durham is the University Tower which is 356 ft 109 m tall.[1]
Skyline of Durham
Skyline of Durham at night in 2003
Tallest buildings
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University Tower |  |
356 (109) | 17 | 1986 | Tallest building in Durham since completion in 1986. Tallest building in Durham completed in the 1980s. Tallest building in the Carolinas outside Charlotte Raleigh Winston-Salem and Greensboro Tallest building in Durham outside downtown Durham. |
| 2 | One City Center | 296 (90) | 26 | 2018 | Completed | |
| 3 | Durham Centre |  |
273 (83) | 18 | 1987 | Home of the Durham Chamber of Commerce. 2nd tallest building in Durham completed in the 1980s. |
| 4 | The Tower at Mutual Plaza |  |
252 (77) | 14 | 1965 | Headquarters of N.C Mutual Life Insurance. Tallest building in Durham from 1965 to 1986. |
| 5 | Hill Building |  |
225 (69) | 17 | 1937 | 21c Hotel. Tallest building in Durham from 1937 to 1965. A window was broken after a man was pushed off the top floor. |
| 6 | Duke Chapel |  |
210 (64) | 1935 | Tallest building in Durham from 1935-1937. | |
| 7 | Durham County Courthouse |  |
187 (57) | 11 | 2013 | Opened February 2013. |
| 8 | Wells Fargo at Erwin Square | 180 (55) | 10 | ? | ||
| 9 | North Pavilion Building | 178 (55) | 11 | 1998 | hospital | |
| 10= | Hock Plaza | 176 (54) | 11 | 2004 | ||
| 10= | Hock Plaza Phase 2 | 176 (54) | 11 | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Durham downtown Marriott
Hotel |
146 (45) | 11 | 1989 | ||
| 13 | IQVIA Plaza | 143 (44) | 11 | 2007 | Headquarters for IQVIA, Inc. | |
| 14 | Durham Medical Center | 137 (42) | 11 | 1979 | ||
| 15= | Sheraton Imperial Hotel | 124 (38) | 10 | ? | ||
| 15= | Erwin Square Tower | 124 (38) | 10 | 1990 | ||
| 17 | Duke Hospital Towers | 114 (34) | 9 | 1980 | ||
| 18= | Chesterfield Building | 112 (34) | 7 | 1948 | Currently being converted to office and lab space | |
| 18= | Durham County Detention
Center |
112 (34) | 9 | ? | ||
| 18= | J.J. Henderson Hall | 112 (34) | 9 | 1978 | Durham Housing Authority building | |
| 18= | Baynes Hall | 112 (34) | 9 | 1966 | North Carolina Central University Residential Hall | |
| 18= | Eagleson Hall | 112 (34) | 9 | 1968 | North Carolina Central University residential Hall |
Timeline of tallest buildings
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Years tallest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Chapel | |
210 / 65 | 1935-1937 | |
| Hill Building | |
225 / 69 | 17 | 1937-1965 |
| The Tower at Mutual Plaza | |
252 / 77 | 14 | 1965-1986 |
| University Tower | |
356 / 109 | 17 | 1986–present |
See also
References
- "Durham | Buildings". EMPORIS.
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