List of tallest buildings in Louisville

This list of tallest buildings in Louisville ranks skyscrapers in the United States city of Louisville, Kentucky by height. The tallest building in the city is 400 West Market, which rises 167 meters/550 feet. It was completed in 1993.

Tallest buildings

400 West Market, the tallest building in Louisville

National City Tower, 2nd tallest building in Louisville

PNC Plaza, the city's 3rd tallest building

The West Tower of the Galt House is the 12th tallest building in Louisville.

The 800 Apartments, Louisville's 15th tallest building

Heyburn Building, the city's 17th tallest building

This list ranks Louisville skyscrapers that stand at least 37 meters 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 based on present height.

Rank	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	400 West Market	549 / 167	35	1993	Formerly Capital Holding Tower; formerly Providian Center; tallest building in Kentucky, 1993 to present
2	National City Tower	512 / 156	40	1972	Formerly PNC Tower, First National Tower; tallest building in Kentucky, 1972–1993
3	PNC Plaza	420 / 128	30	1971	Formerly Citizens Plaza; tallest building in Kentucky, 1971–1972
4	Humana Building	417 / 127	27	1985
5	Omni Louisville Hotel	394 / 120	30	2018	Tallest Hotel and tallest residential building in Kentucky 2018–present
6	Waterfront Park Place	364 / 111	23	2004	Tallest residential building in Kentucky, 2004–2018
7=	B&W Tower	363 / 111	26	1982
7=	Meidinger Tower	363 / 111	26	1982
9=	Waterfront Plaza II	340 / 104	25	1993
9=	Waterfront Plaza I	340 / 104	25	1991
11	E.ON U.S. Center	328 / 100	23	1989
12	Galt House (West Tower)	325 / 99	25	1972	Tallest hotel in Kentucky 1972-2018
13	Galt House (East Tower)	322 / 98	20	1985
14	BB&T Building	312 / 95	24	1972
15	The 800 Apartments	290 / 88	29	1963	Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1963–1971; tallest residential building in Kentucky 1963-2004
16=	Louisville Metro Housing Authority Avenue Plaza Apartments	250 / 76	18	1974
16=	Heyburn Building	250 / 76	17	1927	Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1928–1955
18=	Blanton House Apartments	246 / 75	20	1972
18=	Hyatt Regency Hotel	246 / 75	18	1978
18=	Dosker Manor East, Louisville Metro Housing Authority	246 / 75	18	1968
18=	Dosker Manor West, Louisville Metro Housing Authority	246 / 75	18	1968
22	Kentucky Home Life Building (Inter Southern Life)	235 / 72	19	1912
23=	Kentucky Towers Apartments	202 / 61	19	1925
23=	Starks Building	202 / 61	14	1913
25	River View Place	201 / 61	19	1925
26	Marriott Hotel Louisville	200 / 61	17	2005
27	Wright Tower	196 / 60	15	1966
28=	Waterside Building	184 / 56	11	1923
28=	AT&T (BellSouth) Building	184 / 56	10	1930
30	Preston Pointe	171 / 52	8	2004
31=	Brown Hotel	164 / 50	16	1923
31=	Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building	164 / 50	11	1907
33=	Merchants Ice Tower	157 / 48	13	1920
33=	ZirMed Gateway Towers	157.11 / 47.89	12	2009
35	Seelbach Hotel	145 / 44	12	1906
36	Chestnut Centre	143 / 44	11	1920
37	Republic Building	138 / 42	11	1916
38	Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments	125 / 38	10	19??
39	Commodore Apartments	120 / 37	11	1929	National Register of Historic Places, April 29, 1982
40	Louisville Trust Company Building	117 / 36	7	1889
41=	Louisville Courier-Journal Building	116 / 35	8	1948
41=	The Henry Clay (old YMCA Building)	116 / 35	8	1924

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

This lists buildings that are under construction, approved for construction or were proposed for construction in Louisville and are planned to rise at least 250 feet (76 m), but are not yet completed structures. Under construction buildings that have already been topped out are also included.

Rank	Name	Height* ft / m	Floors*	Year* (est.)	Status	Notes
1	Museum Plaza	703 / 214	62	n/a	cancelled; plans abandoned
2	Lexington Road Development		18	2021	approved
3	Capital Plaza	380 / 116	25	2012	proposed
4	Jefferson Development		18	2010	proposed
5	RiverPark Place Tower 2		16	2008	proposed
6	RiverPark Place Tower 1		16	2008	proposed

Former Notable Skyscrapers

Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
Commonwealth Building	255 / 78	21	1928	Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1955–1963; demolished
Washington Building	204 / 62	15	1906	demolished
Lincoln Savings Bank Building	165 / 50	15	1910	demolished [1]
Old U.S. Post Office and Customs House	164 / 50	5	19??	demolished
Columbia Building	162 / 49	10	1890	demolished
Henry Watterson Hotel	131 / 40	11	1912	demolished
Kenyon Building	115 / 35	6	1886	demolished

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name	Years as tallest	Height ft / m	Floors	Notes
Kenyon Building	1886-1890	115 / 35	6
Columbia Building	1890-1906	162 / 49	10
Washington Building(Lincoln Savings Bank Building)	1906-1912	204 / 62	15
Kentucky Home Life(Inter-Southern Life Insurance Building)	1912-1927	235 / 72	19
Heyburn Building	1927- 1955	250 / 76	17
Commonwealth Building	1955-1963	255 / 78	21
The 800 Apartments	1963-1971	290 / 88	29
PNC Plaza	1971-1972	420 / 128	30
National City Tower	1972-1993	512 / 156	40
400 West Market	1993–present	549 / 167	35

See also

• Tallest buildings in downtown Louisville
• List of tallest buildings in Kentucky

References

• Emporis - Tallest buildings in Louisville
• Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   0-8131-2100-0 . Retrieved May 14, 2015.

1. LOUISVILLE SKYSCRAPERS MAY OVERTOP TOWER OF BABEL IF THEIR BUILDERS WANT THEM THAT HIGH. (1911, Sep 11). Courier-Journal (1869-1922)