Four of the city's five tallest buildings are around Capitol SquareDowntown Columbus at night in 2021
Columbus, the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio, is home to 37 buildings with a height greater than 200 feet (61 m) as of 2026, the third most in any city in Ohio after Cincinnati and Cleveland. 18 of these buildings taller than 300 feet (91 m), the second most in Ohio after Cleveland, while Columbus ties Cleveland in terms of skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 m), with five. The tallest building in Columbus is the 629 ft (192 m), 41-story Rhodes State Office Tower, a modernist skyscraper completed in 1973.[1] It is Ohio's fifth-tallest building. The city's second tallest building is the LeVeque Tower; this 1927 Art Deco skyscraper was the first in the state to be built on caisson foundations.[2]
The history of skyscrapers in Columbus began in 1901 with the completion of the 13-story 16 East Broad Street, regarded as the first high-rise in the city.[3][4] The city went through an early high-rise boom in the 1920s, during which the LeVeque Tower (then known as the American Insurance Union Citadel) was constructed; at its opening in 1927, it was the fifth-tallest building in the world, and tallest outside of New York City and Chicago. Known for its ornate ornamentation and terracotta facade, the LeVeque Tower rose above the rest of the city's skyline for decades, as high-rise construction came to halt after the Great Depression.
From the early 1960s to the early 1990s, Columbus witnessed a second, larger construction boom that lasted until 1991. Most of the city’s high-rises were built during this period, including the Rhodes State Building, the William Green Building, the Huntington Center, and the Vern Riffe State Office Tower. Despite strong continued population growth, the city's skyline has grown little from the 1990s onwards, and remains dominated by office buildings. Between 1990 and 2020, the tallest additions to the skyline was the Fifth Third Center in 1998 and the 314 ft (96 m) Miranova Condominiums in 2002, the city's tallest residential tower. The 2020s has seen an uptick in high-rise development; the 350 ft (107 m) Hilton Columbus Downtown Tower was completed in 2022. Work on the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital and Merchant Building, both over 350 ft (107 m) tall, are anticipated to be finished by 2026.
Number of buildings by height in Columbus by the end of each year, based on the list below. Click on the legend to toggle a specific height on or off. View chart definition.
Cityscape
Skyline of Columbus in 2021, looking west from the Discovery District (Click or hover over image to identify buildings)
Map of tallest buildings
The maps below show the location of buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Downtown Columbus. Each marker is numbered by the building's height rank, and colored by the decade of its completion.
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Buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Downtown Columbus. An asterisk (*) next to the building's name indicates it is located outside the map.
This list ranks completed buildings in Columbus that stand at least 200 ft (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The “Year” column indicates the year of completion. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion with earlier buildings ranked first, and then alphabetically.
Was the tallest building in Columbus upon completion
The 5th-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building completed in Columbus in the 1970s. It is the tallest office building in Columbus and the tallest mid-block building in Ohio.[5][6][7]
7th-tallest building in Ohio. Tallest building in Columbus for 46 years, from 1927 to 1973. Tallest building completed in Columbus in the 1920s.[8][9][10]
Opened as the Columbus Plaza Hotel in 1963. Became a Sheraton hotel in 1965, and operated until 1987, after which the building remained dormant until it re-opened as an Adam's Mark hotel in 1997. Converted into a Marriot Renaissance hotel in 2006.[64]
Tallest building in Columbus from 1906 to 1927. Tallest building completed in Columbus in the 1900s. Located adjacent to 16 East Broad Street, the previous tallest building in the city. Formally known as the Capitol Trust Building and the State Savings & Trust Building. Originally an office building, it was partially converted to residential use in 2008.[72][73]
Constructed near the historical site of the junction of the Columbus Feeder Canal and Scioto River. Waterford Tower was the first high-rise, high-density residential building built downtown in 15 years.[77][78][79]
The following table includes buildings under construction in Columbus that are planned to be at least 200 feet (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. The “Year” column indicates the expected year of completion. Buildings that are on hold are not included.
Will become the 10th-tallest building in the city and the tallest building outside of downtown, as well as tallest building constructed in the city since the 1990s.[81]
123456Sources do not state the exact height of this building. This figure was determined using Google Earth by subtracting the altitude of the building's lowest main pedestrian open-air entrance from its highest architectural point.
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