New Haven is a coastal city located in Connecticut. It has 84 buildings over 100 feet tall. Its tallest building is the Connecticut Financial Center which stands at 383 feet.
These are the tallest buildings in New Haven, Connecticut.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | Connecticut Financial Center | ![]() | 383 (117) | 26 | 1990 | Currently, the sixth-tallest building in Connecticut; fourth-tallest in the state upon completion in 1990. [1] |
2 | 360 State Street | ![]() | 338 (103) | 31 | 2010 | Second largest apartment building in Connecticut after Park Tower Stamford. [2] |
3 | Knights of Columbus Building | ![]() | 321 (98) | 23 | 1969 | World headquarters of the Knights of Columbus designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. |
4 | One Century Tower | ![]() | 280 (85) | 19 | 1990 | Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates [3] |
5 | 195 Church Street | ![]() | 270 (82) | 18 | 1974 | |
6 | Kline Tower | ![]() | 250 (76) | 16 | 1966 | 59th-tallest educational building in the world. |
7 | Yale New Haven Hospital Smilow Cancer Center | ![]() | 237 (72) | 13 | 2008 | |
8 | The Eli (formerly the SNET Building) | ![]() | 232 (71) | 17 | 1938 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
9 | Union and New Haven Trust Building | ![]() | 231 (70) | 13 | 1927 | Now known as The Union |
10 | St. Mary's Church | ![]() | 230 (70) | 1 | 1874 | Tallest church in New Haven. |
11 | Crown Towers | ![]() | 222 (68) | 22 | 1967 | Tallest residential building in New Haven until the completion of 360 State Street. |
12 | Harkness Tower | ![]() | 216 (66) | 9 | 1921 | Tallest clock tower in the city. Third tallest building in the Yale university campus. |
13 | Center Court Apartments | ![]() | 215 (66) | 13 | 1916 | |
14 | 310 Orange Street | ![]() | 213 (65) | 10 | 1955 | |
15 | Long Wharf Maritime Center I | ![]() | 209 (63) | 15 | 1985 | |
16 | Swensen Tower | ![]() | 208 (63) | 14 | 1932 | Formerly known as The Hall of Graduate Studies. [4] |
17 | Tower One | ![]() | 207 (63) | 21 | 1971 | Also known as the Jewish Community Council Tower. [5] |
18 | 100 College Street | ![]() | 205 (62) | 13 | 2015 | |
19 | Omni New Haven Hotel | ![]() | 208 (63) | 19 | 1966 | Tallest hotel in New Haven and the fourth-tallest hotel in Connecticut. [6] |
20 | Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital | ![]() | 201 (61) | 10 | 1993 | |
21 | Payne Whitney Gymnasium | | 199 (60) | 16 | 1932 | Second largest gymnasium in the world. [7] |
22 | Bass Tower | ![]() | 196 (58) | 2017 | Part of the Pauli Murray college. | |
23 | 101 College Street | ![]() | 186 (57) | 10 | 2023 | |
24 | Taft Apartments | ![]() | 185 (56) | 12 | 1911 | |
25 | Center Church On The Green | ![]() | 184 (56) | 1 | 1812 | Tallest of the three churches on the green. A crypt lies underneath the church. [8] |
26 | Bella Vista Building E | ![]() | 183 (55) | 19 | 1973 | Tallest building in the Bella Vista complex. |
27 | One Church Street | ![]() | 183 (55) | 8 | 1961 | Houses the Consulate Of Ecuador. [9] |
28 | Madison Towers | ![]() | 180 (55) | 17 | 1963 | |
29 | Executive Building | ![]() | 167 (55) | 15 | 1972 | |
30 | Bella Vista Building D | ![]() | 183 (55) | 19 | 1973 | |
31 | 900 Chapel Street | ![]() | 184 (54) | 13 | 1966 | |
32 | Bella Vista Building C | ![]() | 173 (52) | 17 | 1973 | |
33 | University Towers | ![]() | 170 (51) | 17 | 1960 | |
34 | 300 George Street | ![]() | 152 (51) | 10 | 1960 | |
35 | Bella Vista Building A | ![]() | 173 (51) | 17 | 1973 | |
36 | Bella Vista Building B | ![]() | 173 (51) | 17 | 1973 | |
37 | Lippard Laboratory of Clinical Investigation | ![]() | 154 (50) | 11 | 1965 | |
38 | Sheffield Sterling Strathcona Hall | ![]() | 166 (50) | 10 | 1932 | |
39 | Yale New Haven Hospital East Pavilion | ![]() | 165 (50) | 12 | 1953 | Also referred to as 20 York Street. [10] |
40 | 54 Meadow Street | ![]() | 159 (48) | 9 | 1946 | Renovated in the late 1980s. [11] Also referred to as the Gateway Center. [12] |
41 | Anlyan Center For Medical Research And Education | ![]() | 158 (48) | 7 | 2003 | |
42 | Sterling Memorial Library | ![]() | 157 (47) | 15 | 1930 | |
43 | 235 Church Street | ![]() | 156 (47) | 9 | 1973 | Known as the New Haven County Courthouse. [13] |
44 | New Haven City Hall | ![]() | 152 (46) | 4 | 1862 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975. [14] |
45 | George Crawford Manor | ![]() | 150 (45) | 15 | 1966 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2015. [15] |
46 | Pierson Tower | ![]() | 150 (45) | 4 | 1933 | Morse College Residential Tower is seen on the far left. 120 ft (36 meters) tall when excluding the spire. |
47 | Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church | 147 (44) | 1 | 1890 | ||
48 | Trinity Lutheran Church | ![]() | 144 (43) | 1 | 1871 | |
49 | Edith Johnson Towers | ![]() | 143 (43) | 14 | 1972 | Also referred to as 114 Bristol Street. [16] |
50 | Clinic Building | ![]() | 143 (43) | 6 | 1932 | |
51 | United Church on the Green | ![]() | 137 (41) | 1 | 1816 | |
52 | Tower East | ![]() | 135 (41) | 13 | 1982 | |
53 | Whitney Grove Square | ![]() | 135 (41) | 8 | 1986 | |
54 | Temple Square Apartments | ![]() | 135 (41) | 4 | 1939 | |
55 | Saint Michael's Church | | 134 (40) | 1 | 1904 | |
56 | Edward S. Harkness Memorial Hall | ![]() | 132 (40) | 11 | 1955 | |
57 | St. Joseph Catholic Church | | 132 (40) | 1 | 1905 | Yellow brick Romanesque church |
58 | Morse College Residential Tower | ![]() | 131 (40) | 13 | 1962 | |
59 | Charles Bingham Hall | ![]() | 131 (40) | 9 | 1928 | |
60 | Pilgrim Congregational Church | 131 (40) | 1 | 1900 | ||
61 | Yale New Haven Hospital South Pavilion | ![]() | 129 (39) | 6 | 1982 | |
62 | 129 Church Street | ![]() | 129 (39) | 8 | 1919 | |
63 | Trinity Church on the Green | ![]() | 129 (39) | 1 | 1814 | Gothic church designed by Ithiel Town. [17] |
64 | 60 Temple Street | ![]() | 128 (39) | 9 | 1977 | |
65 | Long Wharf Maritime Center II | ![]() | 127 (38) | 9 | 1988 | |
66 | 55 Church Street | ![]() | 126 (38) | 9 | 1974 | |
67 | First and Summerfield United Methodist Church | ![]() | 126 (38) | 1 | 1849 | |
68 | St. Paul & St. James Episcopal Church | 125 (38) | 1 | 1830 | ||
69 | Yale School of Public Health | ![]() | 123 (37) | 8 | 1964 | Located at 60 College Street. [18] |
70 | Phelps Hall | | 122 (37) | 6 | 1896 | |
71 | Saint Stanislaus Catholic Church | 122 (37) | 1 | 1913 | ||
72 | New Haven Hotel | ![]() | 117 (35) | 7 | 1989 | |
73 | 44 Orange Street | ![]() | 116 (35) | 10 | 1993 | |
74 | Hotel Marcel | ![]() | 116 (35) | 7 | 1970 | Formerly was the headquarters for the Armstrong Rubber Company. One of the most famous brutalist buildings in the city along with the Crawford Manor. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2021. [19] Converted into a hotel in 2022. [20] |
75 | Saybrook College Tower | | 116 (35) | 7 | 1917 | |
76 | Christ Church | ![]() | 114 (34) | 1 | 1898 | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2009. [21] |
77 | Liberty Building | ![]() | 114 (34) | 7 | 1901 | |
78 | Schwarzman Center | ![]() | 113 (34) | 4 | 1901 | |
79 | William T. Rowe Apartments | ![]() | 112 (34) | 9 | 2011 | |
80 | Robert N. Giaimo Federal Building | ![]() | 112 (34) | 6 | 1978 | |
81 | Charles T. McQueeney Apartments | ![]() | 111 (33) | 10 | 1975 | |
82 | Battell Chapel | ![]() | 111 (33) | 1 | 1876 | |
83 | 55 Park Street | ![]() | 110 (33) | 6 | 2010 | |
84 | University Theater, Yale School of Drama | ![]() | 110 (33) | 1926 |
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in New Haven, Connecticut.
Name | Image | Street address | Years as tallest | Height ft (m) | Floors |
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Union and New Haven Trust Building | ![]() | 205 Church Street | 1927–1938 | 231 (70) | 13 |
The Eli (formerly the SNET Building) | ![]() | 227 Church Street | 1938–1966 | 231 (70) | 17 |
Kline Tower | | 219 Prospect Street | 1966–1969 | 251 (76) | 16 |
Knights of Columbus Building | ![]() | One Columbus Plaza | 1969–1990 | 322 (98) | 23 |
Connecticut Financial Center | ![]() | 157 Church Street | 1990–present | 383 (117) | 26 |
This list (currently empty) ranks tall buildings that are under construction, approved for construction or proposed for construction in New Haven.
Name | Height* ft (m) | Floors* | Year* (est.) | Status | Notes |
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* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, or dates of completion has not yet been released.