List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids

This list of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids ranks buildings in the U.S. city of Grand Rapids, Michigan by height. The tallest building in Grand Rapids is the River House Condominiums, which stands 406 feet (124 m) tall.

Skyscrapers in downtown Grand Rapids.

Tallest buildings
Grand Rapids skyline in 2015.

This lists ranks Grand Rapids buildings that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes.

Rank Name Image Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Notes
1River House 406 / 124342008Tallest building in Michigan outside of Detroit and the tallest residential building in Michigan. Part of Bridgewater Place complex, one of two buildings.[1]
2Plaza Towers 345 / 105341991Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1991 until 2008.[2]
3Amway Grand Plaza Hotel 318 / 97291983Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1983 until 1991.[3]
4Bridgewater Place 272 / 83181993Part of Bridgewater place complex, one of two buildings.[4]
5McKay Tower 259 / 79181927Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1927 until 1983, the longest held title of 56 years.[5]
6JW Marriott Grand Rapids 257 / 78242007[6]
7Kent County Courthouse 206 / 63132001[7]
8=Cathedral of Saint Andrew 192 / 5911876[8]
8=Warner Tower
 192 / 59152019[9]
1077 Monroe Center NW 182 / 55.5131926[10]
11First Community Bank Building 180 / 55131916[11]
12Gallery on Fulton 175 / 50142010[12]
13601 Bond
 172 / 52162019[13]
14Campau Square Plaza Building 164 / 50121985[14]
15St Mary's Catholic Church
160 / 4911884[15][16]
16Helen DeVos Children's Hospital 155 / 47112011[17]
17=Morton House Apartments 154 / 47131923[18]
17=Michigan Trust Company Building 154 / 47111928[19]
1920 Fulton Street East 153 / 46-2017[20]
20Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Pantlind Hotel) 150 / 46121915[21]
21PNC Bank Building ∼150 / ∼46101982

Tallest proposed
Rank Name Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Notes
122 Ottawa Ave. 280 / 8524-[22]
2DeVos Place Tower ∼270 / ∼8224-[23]

Timeline of tallest buildings
Name Image Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Notes
River House406 / 124342008–present
Plaza Towers345 / 105341991–2008
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel318 / 97291983–1991
McKay Tower259 / 79181927–1983
Cathedral of Saint Andrew192 / 5911917–1927Assumed title following 1917 Fountain Street Baptist Church fire.[8]
Fountain Street Baptist Church217 / 6611877–1917Tallest building in Michigan from April 1877 to June 1877 until the completion of Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit, MI. Destroyed by fire in 1917.[24][25]
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church∼80 / ∼2411851–18??
Old Stone School∼70 / ∼2131849–1851
Campau's Mansion∼55 / ∼1741837–1849
Calkins Law Office∼20 / ∼611836–1837

See also

References
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  1. "River House Condominiums". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
  2. "Plaza Towers". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  3. "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  4. "Varnum". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  5. "McKay Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  6. "JW Marriott Grand Rapids". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  7. "Kent County Courthouse". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  8. "Cathedral of Saint Andrew - Renovations". Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids. Retrieved October 1, 2017. The main steeple is 180 feet from the pavement, topped by a 12 foot high cross, bringing the steeple height to 192 feet.
  9. Harger, Jim (June 28, 2017). "50 years later, parking lot will give way to $72M office and hotel tower". MLive.com. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  10. "77 Monroe Center NW". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  11. "Select Bank Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  12. "gallery on fulton". emporis.com. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  13. "Developer secures brownfield funds". Grand Rapids Business Journal. January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  14. "Campau Square Plaza Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  15. "St. Mary's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids | 250378 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Retrieved September 30, 2017. The 200-foot spire was added to the current church in 1884.(200 foot claim is approximate)
  16. "Parish History - St. Mary Catholic Church". St. Mary's Catholic Church. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  17. "Helen Devos Children's Hospital". emporis.com. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  18. "Morton House Apartments". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  19. "Trust Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  20. "20 Fulton East". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  21. "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  22. "24-story, mixed-use building proposed for downtown Grand Rapids". MLive. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  23. Harger, Jim (April 21, 2017). "New 400-room hotel proposed for DeVos Place convention center". MLive.com. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  24. Logie, Thomas R. Dilley ; foreword by John H. (2007). Grand Rapids in stereographs,1860-1900. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. p. 63. ISBN 9780738551227. The spire on the church was an amazing 217 feet in height, The entire building was destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 1917...
  25. Baxter, Albert (1891). History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Munsell. p. 282. It was consequently, not until April 1877, that they could assemble for worship in the magnificent audience room.
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