List of tallest buildings in Michigan

The Renaissance Center, Detroit.

The following is a list comprising the seventy-eight tallest skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Michigan. Skyscrapers are listed in descending order, from first to seventy-first. This tallest seventy-one includes completed, existing, free-standing skyscrapers. Height does not take into account subterranean floors, antennas, or other non-structural additions. There is also a timeline of the tallest buildings in Michigan and a timeline of the tallest skyscrapers. The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan is the second tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. ^[1]

Tallest skyscrapers

Rank	Name	City	Year	Floors	Height feet / m	Image	Reference/Notes
1	Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center	Detroit	1977	73 [lower-alpha 1]	727 / 222		[7] Tallest building in Michigan
2	Hudson Site Tower	Detroit	2024	49	680 / 207
3	One Detroit Center	Detroit	1993	43	619 / 189		[8]
4	Penobscot Building	Detroit	1928	47	565 / 172		[9]
5-T	Renaissance Center 100	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159		[10] [11]
5-T	Renaissance Center 200	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159		[12] [13]
5-T	Renaissance Center 300	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159		[14] [15]
5-T	Renaissance Center 400	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159		[16] [17]
9	Guardian Building	Detroit	1929	40	496 / 151		[18] [19]
10	Book Tower	Detroit	1926	38	475 / 145		[20] [21]
11	150 West Jefferson	Detroit	1989	26	455 / 139		[22] [23]
12	Fisher Building	Detroit	1928	30	444 / 135
13-T	Cadillac Tower	Detroit	1927	40	437 / 133
13-T	David Stott Building	Detroit	1929	32	437 / 133
15	One Woodward Avenue	Detroit	1963	28	430 / 131
16	River House Condominiums	Grand Rapids	2008	34	406 / 124		[24] Tallest building in Michigan outside of Detroit
17	3000 Town Center	Southfield	1975	32	402 / 122		[25] Tallest building in Michigan outside of Detroit and Grand Rapids
18	1000 Town Center	Southfield	1989	28	395 / 120		[25]
19	Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building	Detroit	1976	27	393 / 120
20	Detroit Edison Plaza	Detroit	1971	25	374 / 114
21	2000 Town Center	Southfield	1986	28	370 / 113		[25]
22	David Broderick Tower	Detroit	1928	35	369 / 113
23	211 West Fort Street	Detroit	1963	27	368 / 112
24	Buhl Building	Detroit	1925	29	366 / 112		[26] [27]
25	Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel	Detroit	1924	29	349 / 106		[28] [29]
26	Hollywood Casino at Greektown	Detroit	2009	30	348 / 106		[30]
27	Top of Troy Building	Troy	1975	25	346 / 106		[31] Tallest building in Troy
28	Plaza Towers	Grand Rapids	1991	34	345 / 105
29	First National Building	Detroit	1930	26	341 / 104		[32] [33]
30-T	Renaissance Center 500	Detroit	1977	21	339 / 103		[34] [35]
30-T	Renaissance Center 600	Detroit	1977	21	339 / 103		[36] [37]
32	1001 Woodward	Detroit	1965	23	338 / 103
33	American Center	Southfield	1975	25	331 / 101		[25]
34	Renaissance City Apartments	Detroit	1985	33	331 / 101		[ citation needed ]
35	5000 Town Center	Southfield	1983	33	328 / 100		[25]
36	AT&T Building Addition	Detroit	1974	17	327 / 100
37	Chrysler House	Detroit	1913	23	324 / 99		[38] [39]
38	Jeffersonian Apartments	Detroit	1965	30	322 / 99
39	AT&T Building	Detroit	1917	19	319 / 97
40-T	Amway Grand Tower	Grand Rapids	1983	29	318 / 97
40-T	Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Center	Detroit	1971	22	318 / 97
40-T	Coleman A. Young Municipal Center	Detroit	1954	20	318 / 97
43	Huntington Bank Tower	Detroit	2022	20	311 / 95
44	Penobscot Building Annex	Detroit	1913	23	310 / 94		[40] [41]
45-T	1300 Lafayette East Cooperative	Detroit	1961	30	305 / 93		[42] [43]
45-T	Riverfront Tower 300	Detroit	1983	21	305 / 93
45-T	Riverfront Tower 200	Detroit	1983	21	305 / 93
48	Boji Tower	Lansing	1931	23	297 / 90.5		Tallest building in Lansing
49-T	Executive Plaza	Detroit	1967	22	290 / 88
	Residence at Water Square	Detroit	2024	25	290 / 88
51	Ford Building	Detroit	1909	19	275 / 84
52	MotorCity Casino Hotel	Detroit	2007	12	273 / 83		[44]
53	David Whitney Building	Detroit	1916	19	272 / 83
54	Bridgewater Place	Grand Rapids	1993	18	271 / 83
55	4000 Town Center	Southfield	1979	20	270 / 82		[45]
56-T	Tower Plaza	Ann Arbor	1969	26	267 / 81		Tallest building in Ann Arbor
56-T	Michigan State Capitol	Lansing	1879	4	267 / 81		[46]
58-T	Fort Street Presbyterian Church	Detroit	1855	1	265 / 81		[47] Tallest church in Michigan
58-T	Detroit City Club Apartments	Detroit	1981	28	265 / 81		[48]
60	Shore Club Skytower	Saint Clair Shores	1965	26	260 / 79		[49] Tallest building in Saint Clair Shores
61-T	McKay Tower	Grand Rapids	1927	16	259 / 79		[50]
61-T	Water Board Building	Detroit	1928	24	259 / 79		[51]
63	Riverfront Tower 100	Detroit	1991	26	257 / 78		[52]
64-T	JW Marriott Grand Rapids	Grand Rapids	2007	23	256 / 78
64-T	Travelers Tower I	Southfield	1971	18	256 / 78		[53]
66	Washington Boulevard Apartments	Detroit	1923	21	255 / 78		[54]
67	One Towne Square	Southfield	1992	21	253 / 77		[55]
68	CS Mott Building	Flint	1929	16	250/76
69	Henry Ford Hospital Apartments	Detroit	1976	21	250 / 76		[56]
70	Grand Park Centre	Detroit	1922	19	250 / 76		[57]
71	Chrysler Headquarters	Auburn Hills	1996	15	249 / 76		[58] Tallest building in Auburn Hills
72-T	St. Florian Catholic Church	Hamtramck	1928	1	247 / 75		[59] Tallest church in Michigan outside Detroit
72-T	Wayne County Building	Detroit	1902	13	247 / 75		[60]
74	Fort Ponchartrain - A Wyndham Hotel	Detroit	1965	25	245 / 75		[61]
75-T	DoubleTree Suites - Fort Shelby	Detroit	1917	22	242 / 74		[62]
75-T	Henry Ford Hospital	Detroit	1965	17	242 / 74		[63]
77	Louis Kamper Building	Detroit	1926	22	240 / 73		[64]
78	The Milton	Battle Creek	1931	19	72.5 / 238		[65] Tallest building in Battle Creek
79- T	Hudson Site Podium	Detroit	2023	14	232 / 71
79-T	One Campus Martius	Detroit	2003	16	71 / 232		[66]
79-T	Michigan Central Station	Detroit	1913	18	71 / 232		[67]
79-T	Battle Creek Tower	Battle Creek	1931	21	71 / 232		[68]

Timeline of tallest buildings

Fountain Street Baptist Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1908

Fort Street Presbyterian Church.

The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Michigan on a year-to-year basis. The chart below shows the building, years as tallest, and its height.

Name	Address	Years as tallest	Height feet / m	Floors	Reference
First Michigan State Capitol	Capitol Park, Detroit, MI	1828–1866	140 / 43	2	[69]
Most Holy Trinity Church	1050 Porter Street, Detroit, MI	1866–1871	170 / 52	1	[70]
Former Detroit City Hall	Campus Martius Park, Detroit, MI	1871–1877	200 / 61	4	[71]
Fountain Street Baptist Church	24 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI	1877	217 / 66	1	[72] [73]
Fort Street Presbyterian Church	631 West Fort Street, Detroit, MI	1877–1909	265 / 81	1	[74] [75]
Ford Building	615 Griswold Street, Detroit, MI	1909–1913	275 / 84	19	[76]
Penobscot Building Annex	144 West Congress Street, Detroit, MI	1913	310 / 95	23	[41]
Chrysler House	719 Griswold Street, Detroit, MI	1913–1924	324 / 99	23	[39]
Book-Cadillac Hotel	220 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI	1924–1925	349 / 106	29	[29]
Buhl Building	535 Griswold Street, Detroit, MI	1925–1926	366 / 112	29	[27]
Book Tower	1265 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, MI	1926–1928	475 / 145	38	[21]
Penobscot Building	633 Griswold Street, Detroit, MI	1928–1977	565 / 172	47	[9]
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center	1 Renaissance Center Drive, Detroit, MI	1977–present	727 / 222	73 [lower-alpha 1]	[7]

Timeline of tallest skyscrapers

The Chrysler House in the Detroit Financial District.

The following is a list of the tallest skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Michigan on a year-to-year basis. The chart below shows the skyscraper, its height, when it was completed, how long it was the tallest, and what skyscraper surpassed it. The Frank & Seder (1881) is considered Detroit's oldest existing iron-framed tall building. The Hammond Building (1889) is considered Detroit's first steel-framed skyscraper, though it is now demolished. Detroit's oldest existing steel-framed skyscraper is the 12-story United Way Community Services Building (1895) at 1212 Griswold, originally known as the Chamber of Commerce Building.

Name	City	Height feet / m	Year	Period	Surpassed by
Frank & Seder Building	Detroit	135 / 41	1881	8 years	Hammond Building [77]
Hammond Building	Detroit	150 / 46	1889	6 years	United Way Community Services Building
United Way Community Services Building	Detroit	160 / 49	1895	1 year	Majestic Building
Majestic Building	Detroit	223 / 68	1896	13 years	Ford Building
Ford Building	Detroit	275 / 84	1909	4 years	Penobscot Annex
Penobscot Annex	Detroit	310 / 94	1913	<1 year	Chrysler House
Chrysler House	Detroit	324 / 99	1913	12 years	Book-Cadillac Hotel [29]
Book-Cadillac Hotel	Detroit	349 / 106	1925	<1 year	Buhl Building
Buhl Building	Detroit	366 / 112	1925	1 year	Book Tower
Book Tower	Detroit	475 / 145	1926	2 years	Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building	Detroit	565 / 172	1928	49 years	Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center	Detroit	727 / 222	1977	currently	incumbent

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Detroit
• List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
• List of tallest buildings in the United States

Notes

1. General Motors, the owner of the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, maintains that the building has 73 floors. ^[2] Hines Interests, the property management firm for the building, gives a floor count of 74, ^[3] while architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill gives a floor count of 75. ^[4] Emporis and other building database sites usually give the floor count as 70, ^[5] while other sources state 73 stories. ^[6] This table uses the floor count of 73 as stated officially by the building's owner.

References

General

• Emporis.com ^[usurped]

Specific

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