List of tallest buildings in Cedar Rapids

This article is about the tallest buildings in Cedar Rapids; it is not to be confused with List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids.

Tall buildings in Cedar Rapids
Skyline of Cedar Rapids in 2011
Tallest building	Alliant Tower (1972)
Tallest building height	285 ft (87 m)
Number of tall buildings (2026)
20 stories or more	2
Taller than 50 m (164 ft)	8
Taller than 75 m (246 ft)	1

Cedar Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Iowa which lies on the Cedar River. The city has a population of 137,927 people of as of January 2026, making it the second largest city in Iowa. ^[1] The city has 12 buildings which stand over 130 ft (40 m) tall. As of January 2026, the tallest building in Cedar Rapids is the Alliant Tower, which stands 285 ft (87 m) tall.

The history of high-rises in Cedar Rapids began in the late 1920s, when a building boom occurred, leading to the construction of the 166 ft (51 m) tall US Bank Building in 1926, which became the tallest building in the city. The US Bank Building was surpassed in 1927 by the 190 ft (58 m) tall Quaker Oats Plant. The city would experience a decline in the number of high-rises being built from the 1930s to the 1960s, however, from the 1970s to the 1980s, the city experienced a second building boom, leading to the construction of the 285 ft (87 m) tall Alliant Tower, which surpassed the Quaker Oats Plant and became the tallest building in the city and the tallest building in Iowa outside of Des Moines.

The most recently completed high-rise is the 180 ft (55 m) tall CRST Center which was built in 2016.

Cityscape

The skyline of Cedar Rapids in 2022

Map of tallest buildings

The map below shows the locations of the buildings in Cedar Rapids that stand over 130 ft (40 m) in height. Each marker is given a number based on the buildings ranking in the list. The color of each marker represents the decade that the building was completed in.

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Buildings in Cedar Rapids that stand over 130 ft (40 m).

•  1950s and before 
•  1960s 
•  1970s 
•  1980s 
•  1990s 
•  2000s 
•  2010s 
•  2020s 

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Alliant Tower

2

Cedar River Tower

3

Plaza 425

4

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids

5

Quaker Oats Plant

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CRST Center

7

Veterans Memorial Building

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US Bank Building

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500 Second Avenue SE

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Mercy Medical Center

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Geneva Towers

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The Roosevelt

Tallest buildings

This list ranks buildings in Cedar Rapids that stand at least 130 ft (40 m) tall. Spires and other architectural details are included in the height of a building; however, antennas are excluded.

  Tallest building in Cedar Rapids upon completion

Rank	Name	Image	Location	Height	Floor Count	Year	Use	Notes
1	Alliant Tower	Alliant_Tower_01	41°58′37″N91°40′06″W / 41.97694°N 91.66833°W / 41.97694; -91.66833	285 ft (87 m)	21	1972	Office	Tallest building in Cedar Rapids since 1972. [2] [3] [4]
2	Cedar River Tower	Cedar_River_Tower	41°58′44″N91°40′12″W / 41.97889°N 91.67000°W / 41.97889; -91.67000	237 ft (72 m)	25	1974	Residential	Tallest residential building in Cedar Rapids. [5] [6]
3	Plaza 425	Plaza_425	41°58′32″N91°39′57″W / 41.97556°N 91.66583°W / 41.97556; -91.66583	207 ft (63 m)	14	1983	Office	[7] [8]
4	DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids	DoubleTree_by_Hilton_-_Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa	41°58′47″N91°40′02″W / 41.97972°N 91.66722°W / 41.97972; -91.66722	197 ft (60 m)	16	1979	Hotel	[9] [10]
5	Quaker Oats Plant	Quaker_Oats,_Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa_(64587)	41°58′54″N91°40′15″W / 41.98167°N 91.67083°W / 41.98167; -91.67083	190 ft (58 m)	13	1927	Industrial	Largest cereal mill in the world. Tallest building in Cedar Rapids from 1927 to 1972. [11] [12] [13]
6	CRST Center	CRST_Center	41°58′36″N91°40′08″W / 41.97667°N 91.66889°W / 41.97667; -91.66889	180 ft (55 m)	11	2016	Office	Tallest building in Cedar Rapids built in the 2010s. [14]
7	Veterans Memorial Building	Cedar Rapids City Hall	41°58′35″N91°40′15″W / 41.97639°N 91.67083°W / 41.97639; -91.67083	175 ft (53 m)	10	1928	Government	Served as City Hall until a major flood in 2008. [15] [16]
8	US Bank Building	U.S._Bank_building_Cedar_Rapids_-_panoramio	41°58′43″N91°40′02″W / 41.97861°N 91.66722°W / 41.97861; -91.66722	166 ft (51 m)	12	1926	Office	Tallest building in Cedar Rapids from 1926 to 1927. [17] [18]
9	500 Second Avenue SE	500 Second Avenue SE Dairy Queen, Cedar Rapids, June 12, 2008 (cropped)	41°58′48″N91°39′52″W / 41.98000°N 91.66444°W / 41.98000; -91.66444	161 ft (49 m)	10	1980	Office	[19] [20]
10	Mercy Medical Center	Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids Iowa	41°58′41″N91°39′20″W / 41.97806°N 91.65556°W / 41.97806; -91.65556	152 ft (46 m)	10	1969	Hospital	[21]
11	Geneva Towers		41°58′35″N91°39′50″W / 41.97639°N 91.66389°W / 41.97639; -91.66389	135 ft (41 m)	14	1971	Residential	[22] [23]
12	The Roosevelt	Roosevelt-Hotel	41°58′45″N91°40′06″W / 41.97917°N 91.66833°W / 41.97917; -91.66833	132 ft (40 m)	12	1927	Residential	Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Part of the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District. [24] [25]

Tallest under construction

There are no buildings in Cedar Rapids under construction which stand over 130 ft (40 m)

Rank	Name	Height	Floor Count	Year (est.)	Notes

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name	Image	Years as tallest	Height	Floors	Notes
US Bank Building	U.S._Bank_building_Cedar_Rapids_-_panoramio	1926-1927	166 ft (51 m)	12
Quaker Oats Plant	Quaker_Oats,_Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa_(64587)	1927-1972	190 ft (58 m)	13
Alliant Tower	Alliant_Tower_02	1972-Present	285 ft (87 m)	21

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the Quad Cities
• List of tallest buildings in Des Moines
• List of tallest buildings in Iowa

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