List of tallest buildings in Iowa
This list of tallest buildings in Iowa ranks skyscrapers in the US state of Iowa by height for existing and proposed structures.
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Skyline of Des Moines
Tallest buildings
Rank | Name | Image | Height
ft (m) |
Floors | Year | City | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 801 Grand (previously The Principal Building) | ![]() | 630 (192) | 45 | 1991 | Des Moines | Office |
2 | Ruan Center | ![]() | 460 (140) | 36 | 1975 | Des Moines | Office |
3 | Des Moines Marriott Hotel | ![]() | 365 (111) | 33 | 1981 | Des Moines | Hotel |
4 | Financial Center | ![]() | 345 (105) | 25 | 1973 | Des Moines | Office |
5 | Plaza Building | ![]() | 340 (104) | 25 | 1985 | Des Moines | Residential |
T6 | HUB Tower | ![]() | 325 (99) | 25 | 1986 | Des Moines | Office |
T6 | EMC Insurance Building | ![]() | 325 (99) | 19 | 1997 | Des Moines | Office |
7 | Equitable Building | ![]() | 318 (97) | 19 | 1924 | Des Moines | Residential |
8 | Alliant Tower | ![]() | 285 (87) | 21 | 1972 | Cedar Rapids | Office |
9 | Bank of America Building | 280 (85) | 16 | 1966 | Des Moines | Office | |
10 | Iowa State Capitol | ![]() | 275 (84) | 4 | 1884 | Des Moines | Government |
11 | CenturyLink Complex | 273 (83) | 15 | 1928 | Des Moines | Office | |
12 | Davenport Bank and Trust | ![]() | 255 (77) | 19 | 1927 | Davenport | Office/Residential |
13 | Register and Tribune Building | 243 (74) | 14 | 1916 | Des Moines | Office | |
14 | Cedar River Tower | ![]() | 237 (72) | 25 | 1974 | Cedar Rapids | Residential/Office |
15 | The Chauncey | ![]() | 233 (71) | 20 | 2019 | Iowa City | Hotel/Residential |
16 | MidAmerican Building | ![]() | 220 (67) | 15 | 1995 | Davenport | Office |
17 | Plaza 425 | ![]() | 207 (63) | 14 | 1983 | Cedar Rapids | Office |
18 | Des Moines Building | ![]() |
190 (58) | 14 | 1930 | Des Moines | Office/Residential |
19 | CRST Tower | ![]() |
180 (54) | 11 | 2017 | Cedar Rapids | Office |
Years as Tallest | Name | Height
ft (m) |
Floors |
---|---|---|---|
1884–1924 | Iowa State Capitol | 275 (84) | n/a |
1924–1973 | Equitable Building | 318 (97) | 19 |
1973–1975 | Financial Center | 345 (105) | 25 |
1975–1991 | Ruan Center | 460 (140) | 36 |
1991–Present | 801 Grand | 630 (192) | 45 |
Tall buildings prior to 1884
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Ladies' College Building, Davenport, 1856, later Mount Ida Female College.
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Mount Ida Female College in 1858, after dome was added.
There does not seem to have been any effort to document the tallest building in Iowa prior to the construction of the State Capitol in 1884. This list shows buildings which may have been the tallest in Iowa prior to 1884, excluding church steeples.
Years as Tallest | Name | Height
ft (m) |
Floors |
---|---|---|---|
1840–1856 | Old Capitol, Iowa City | 114 (35) | n/a |
1856–1884 | Shot Tower, Dubuque | 120 (37) | 10 |
Other early tall building include:
- Mount Ida Female College, Davenport, 1856. First four-story dwelling, later had a high dome placed on top, may have rivaled Old Capitol in height.[1][2]
- Fort Madison, 1808, probably the first two-story buildings in what would become Iowa.[3]
References
- Nathan Howe Parker, Iowa as it is in 1856: a gazetteer for citizens, 1856
- Wilkie, Franc B. (1858), Davenport, past and present
- Jackson, Donald (1958) "Old Fort Madison 1808–1813." Palimpsest 39(1).
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