List of tallest buildings in New Haven

Last updated September 16, 2025

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.

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These are the locations of the 35 tallest buildings in New Haven.

1900s and before
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s

1

Connecticut Financial Center

2

360 State Street

3

Knights of Columbus Building

4

One Century Tower

5

195 Church Street

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Kline Biology Tower

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Yale New Haven Hospital Smilow Cancer Center

8

The Eli

9

Union and New Haven Trust Building

10

St. Mary's Church

11

Crown Towers

12

Harkness Tower

13

Center Court Apartments

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310 Orange Street

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Long Wharf Maritime Center I

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Swensen Tower

17

Omni New Haven Hotel

18

Tower One

19

100 College Street

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Yale New Haven Children's Hospital

21

Payne Whitney Gymnasium

22

Bass Tower

23

101 College Street

24

Taft Apartments

25

Center Church On the Green

26

Bella Vista Building E

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Bella Vista Building D

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One Church Street

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Madison Towers

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Bella Vista Building C

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Bella Vista Building A

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Bella Vista Building B

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University Towers

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Executive Building

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Sheffield Sterling Strathcona Hall

Tallest buildings

These are the tallest buildings in New Haven, Connecticut.

Rank	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Notes
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

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in New Haven, Connecticut.

Name	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors
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

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

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

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, or dates of completion has not yet been released.

References

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[2] "Dig Out That Downturn | New Haven Independent". December 2008.

[3] "One Century Tower: Building Details". New Haven Building Archive. Retrieved May 23, 2025.

[4] ttps://www.skydb.net/building/91922423/hall-of-graduate-studies-new-haven/

[5] ttps://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/tower-one/12208

[6] Diagrams SkyscraperPage.com

[7] ttps://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=40861

[8] ttps://nhba.yale.edu/building?id=205

[9] ttps://nhba.yale.edu/building?id=203

[10] ttps://www.skydb.net/building/206447921/yale-new-haven-hospital-east-pavilion-new-haven/

[11] ttps://www.loopnet.com/Listing/54-Meadow-St-New-Haven-CT/4083378/

[12] ttps://www.skydb.net/building/701160501/gateway-center-new-haven/

[13] ttps://www.skydb.net/building/436284551/new-haven-county-courthouse-new-haven/

[14] ttps://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm#table

[15] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/15000113

[16] ttps://www.skydb.net/building/96751788/edith-johnson-towers-new-haven/

[17] "Trinity: The First Gothic Style Church in America". www.trinitynewhaven.org. Retrieved May 14, 2025.

[18] ttps://www.skydb.net/building/147253729/laboratory-of-epidemiology-and-public-health-new-haven/

[19] ttps://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm

[20] ttps://www.world-architects.com/en/events/historic-sustainable-and-modern-hotel-marcel

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