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.

Skyline of Des Moines

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image Height

ft (m)

Floors Year City Notes
1801 Grand (previously The Principal Building) 630 (192)451991Des MoinesOffice
2Ruan Center 460 (140)361975Des MoinesOffice
3Des Moines Marriott Hotel 365 (111)331981Des MoinesHotel
4Financial Center 345 (105)251973Des MoinesOffice
5Plaza Building 340 (104)251985Des MoinesResidential
T6HUB Tower 325 (99)251986Des MoinesOffice
T6EMC Insurance Building 325 (99)191997Des MoinesOffice
7Equitable Building 318 (97)191924Des MoinesResidential
8Alliant Tower 285 (87)211972Cedar RapidsOffice
9Bank of America Building 280 (85)161966Des MoinesOffice
10Iowa State Capitol 275 (84)41884Des MoinesGovernment
11CenturyLink Complex 273 (83)151928Des MoinesOffice
12Davenport Bank and Trust 255 (77)191927DavenportOffice/Residential
13Register and Tribune Building 243 (74)141916Des MoinesOffice
14Cedar River Tower 237 (72)251974Cedar RapidsResidential/Office
15The Chauncey 233 (71)202019Iowa CityHotel/Residential
16MidAmerican Building 220 (67)151995DavenportOffice
17 Plaza 425 207 (63)141983Cedar RapidsOffice
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
1884–1924Iowa State Capitol275 (84)n/a
1924–1973Equitable Building318 (97)19
1973–1975Financial Center345 (105)25
1975–1991Ruan Center460 (140)36
1991–Present801 Grand630 (192)45

Tall buildings prior to 1884

Ladies' College Building, Davenport, 1856, later Mount Ida Female College.
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
1840–1856Old Capitol, Iowa City114 (35)n/a
1856–1884Shot Tower, Dubuque120 (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

  1. Nathan Howe Parker, Iowa as it is in 1856: a gazetteer for citizens, 1856
  2. Wilkie, Franc B. (1858), Davenport, past and present
  3. Jackson, Donald (1958) "Old Fort Madison 1808–1813." Palimpsest 39(1).
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