List of tallest buildings in Massachusetts, exclusive of Boston

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This is a list of the 25 tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Massachusetts outside of Boston , its capital and largest city. The U.S state of Massachusetts is a New England State north of New York and shares its border with Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. [1] The buildings listed below are monitored by the Board of Building Regulations and Standards of Massachusetts.

Contents

Of the buildings listed, the top three are Monarch Place (a 401 foot tall building in Springfield), Tower Square (a 370 foot tall building, also in Springfield), and Eastgate Tower (a 356 foot ball building in Cambridge).

Rankings are approximate; their accuracy cannot be guaranteed on account of uncertainties in the height data and the possibility of missing items.

List

RankNameImageHeight

ft (m)

FloorsYearLocationUseRef.
1 Monarch Place Monarch Place as seen from Steiger Park during day, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg 401 ft (122 m)261987 Springfield Commercial office [2]
2Tower Square Barney Mausoleum in Forest Park - Springfield MA - Flickr - Rusty Clark (4).jpg 370 ft (110 m)291970SpringfieldCommercial office [2]
3Eastgate Tower Eastgate, MIT - IMG 8409.JPG 356 ft (109 m)301967MIT,

Cambridge

Student housing [3]
4 Encore Boston Harbor Encore Boston Harbor from Assembly station, August 2018.JPG 350 ft (110 m)242019 Everett Casino, hotel
5MIT Site 4 SAT 5304 copy.jpg 315 ft (96 m)292020CambridgeStudent housing [4]
6 Springfield Municipal Group Campanile Clock Tower - Springfield, MA - DSC03280.JPG 300 ft (91 m)-1913Springfield Campanile [5]
7 W.E.B. Du Bois Library W.E.B. DuBois Library.jpg 297 ft (91 m)221964 UMassAmherst,

Amherst

University [6]
8 Green Building Green Building, MIT, Cambridge MA.jpg 295 ft (90 m)211964 MIT,

Cambridge

University [7] [8] [9] [10]
9145 Broadway Akamai headquarters, 145 Broadway - Cambridge, MA - DSC02078.jpg 294 ft (90 m)192018CambridgeCommercial office [11]
10Boston Marriott Cambridge Marriott Cambridge Center Cambridge MA Jan 2021.jpg 290 ft (88 m)261988CambridgeHotel [12]
11=Skyview Downtown Chesnut.png 289 ft (88 m)341977SpringfieldResidential [13] [14]
11=The 6Hundred Sky Mark Tower 2014.JPG 289 ft (88 m)221964 Worcester Residential [15] [16]
11= Worcester Plaza Worcester Plaza Feb 2018 (cropped).jpg 289 ft (88 m)201975WorcesterCommercial office [15] [17] [18]
14Proto Kendall Square 88 Ames St Proto Cambridge MA 2021.jpg 284 ft (87 m)222018Cambridge [19]
1540 Thorndike Street Middlesex Superior Court.jpg 282 ft (86 m)221974CambridgeGovernmental, vacant [20]
16MIT Site 5 MIT SOMA Building 5 Cambridge MA Jan 2021.jpg 280 ft (85 m)182020MIT,

Cambridge

University [21] [22]
17North Point Apartments Avalon North Point Cambridge MA January 2021.jpg 237 ft (72 m)222008CambridgeResidential
18= Calvin Coolidge Tower Coolidge Hall and Kennedy Hall, UMass Amherst, Amherst MA (cropped).jpg 276 ft (84 m)221966UMassAmherst,

Amherst

Student housing [23]
18= John Adams Tower John Adams Tower.jpg 276 ft (84 m)221966UMassAmherst,

Amherst

Student housing [24]
18= John Quincy Adams Tower John Quincy Adams Tower.jpg 276 ft (84 m)221966UMassAmherst,

Amherst

Student housing [25]
18= John F. Kennedy Tower Coolidge and Kennedy Towers.jpg 276 ft (84 m)221966UMassAmherst,

Amherst

Student housing [26]
18= George Washington Tower George Washington Tower.jpg 276 ft (84 m)221966UMassAmherst,

Amherst

Student housing [27]
23101 Main St 101 Main Street - Cambridge, MA - DSC05630.jpg 270 ft (82 m)181983CambridgeCommercial office [28] [29]
24Ayer Mill Ayer Mill View.jpg 267 ft (81 m)61909 Lawrence Industrial [30]
2575 Ames Street (Stanley Building)263 ft (80 m)152014 Cambridge [31]

See also

References

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