List of tallest buildings in Ohio

This List of tallest buildings in Ohio ranks the fifty tallest high-rise buildings by height within the state of Ohio. Ohio's twenty-five tallest buildings are all located in Ohio's three largest cities: Columbus (Central Ohio), Cleveland (Northeast Ohio), and Cincinnati (Southwest Ohio).

List

  Tallest building in Ohio upon completion

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	City	Notes
1	Key Tower		947 (289)	57	1991	Cleveland	The 165th-tallest building in the world and 40th-tallest in the United States. The tallest building in Cleveland.
2	Terminal Tower		708 (216)	52	1927 [1]	Cleveland	102nd-tallest building in the United States. 2nd-tallest building in the world when completed.
3	Great American Tower at Queen City Square		665 (203)	41	2010	Cincinnati	Tallest building in Cincinnati.
4	200 Public Square		658 (201)	45	1985	Cleveland
5	Rhodes State Office Tower		629 (192)	45	1973	Columbus	Tallest building in Columbus.
6	Sherwin-Williams Headquarters		616 (187)	36	2024	Cleveland
7	Carew Tower		574 (175)	49	1931	Cincinnati
8	LeVeque Tower		555 (169)	49	1927	Columbus	5th-tallest building in the world when completed.
9	William Green Building		530 (162)	33	1990	Columbus
10	Tower at Erieview		529 (161)	40	1964	Cleveland
11	Huntington Center		512 (156)	37	1984	Columbus
12	Vern Riffe State Office Tower		503 (153)	32	1988	Columbus
13	Fourth and Vine Tower		495 (151)	31	1913	Cincinnati
14	One Nationwide Plaza		485 (148)	40	1976	Columbus
15	Scripps Center		468 (143)	36	1990	Cincinnati
16	Franklin County Government Center		464 (141)	27	1991	Columbus
17	AEP Building		456 (139)	31	1983	Columbus
18	One Cleveland Center		450 (137)	31	1983	Cleveland
19	Fifth Third Center (Cleveland)		446 (136)	27	1991	Cleveland
20	Borden Building		438 (134)	34	1974	Columbus
21	Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse Tower		430 (131)	23	2002	Cleveland
22	Fifth Third Center (Cincinnati)		423 (129)	32	1969	Cincinnati
23	Justice Center Complex		420 (128)	26	1977	Cleveland
24	Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building		419 (128)	31	1967	Cleveland
25	Center at 600 Vine		418 (127)	30	1984	Cincinnati
26	Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate		411 (125)	32	1982	Toledo	Tallest building in Toledo. Tallest building in Ohio outside Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati.
27	First Financial Center		410 (125)	32	1991	Cincinnati
	PNC Center (Cleveland)		410 (125)	35	1980	Cleveland
29	Three Nationwide Plaza		408 (124)	27	1989	Columbus
30	Stratacache Tower		405 (124)	30	1970	Dayton	Tallest building in Dayton. Also known as Kettering Tower.
31	Fiberglas Tower		400 (120)	30	1969	Toledo
32	The Lumen		396 (121)	35	2020	Cleveland
33	KeyBank Tower		385 (117)	28	1976	Dayton
34	The 9		383 (117)	28	1971	Cleveland
35	Hilton Cleveland Downtown Hotel		374 (114)	32	2016	Cleveland
36	Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza		372 (113)	31	1931	Cincinnati
37	PNC Bank Building		368 (112)	27	1930	Toledo
	Columbia Plaza		368 (112)	29	1984	Cincinnati
39	One Columbus Center		366 (112)	26	1987	Columbus
40	AT&T Huron Road Building		365 (111)	24	1927	Cleveland
41	Rhodes Tower		363 (110)	20	1971	Cleveland
42	Hilton Columbus Downtown Tower		361 (110)	28	2023	Columbus
43	Chase Tower		357 (109)	25	1964	Columbus
44	Eaton Center		356 (109)	28	1983	Cleveland
45	The Beacon		355 (108)	28	2019	Cleveland
46	PNC Center (Cincinnati)		354 (108)	27	1979	Cincinnati
47	Atrium Two		351 (107)	28	1984	Cincinnati
	US Bank Tower (Cincinnati)		351 (107)	26	1981	Cincinnati
49	Capitol Square		350 (107)	26	1984	Columbus
50	Continental Center		348 (106)	26	1973	Columbus

Tallest buildings under construction or proposed

Name	Height	City	Completion year
Merchant Building	382 ft (116 m)	Columbus	2025
Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital	410 ft (120 m)	Columbus	2026
Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute Building	243 ft (74 m)	Cleveland	2026
Scioto Peninsula Phase 2	TBA (24 stories)	Columbus	2027
The Estrella	TBA (19 stories)	Columbus	TBA

Timeline of tallest buildings

The Terminal Tower stood as the tallest building in Ohio for 61 years, from 1930 until 1991.

Ohio's first skyscraper, the Society for Savings Building (left), stands adjacent to Key Tower (right), the tallest building in Ohio.

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Ohio.

Name	Image	City	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors	Reference
Society for Savings Building		Cleveland	1889–1896	152 (46)	10	[2]
New England Building [a]		Cleveland	1896–1901	221 (67)	15	[3]
Union Trust Building [b]		Cincinnati	1901–1904	239 (77)	19	[4]
Clopay Building [c]		Cincinnati	1904–1913	240 (73)	19	[5]
Union Central Tower [d]		Cincinnati	1904–1927	495 (151)	31	[6]
American Insurance Union Citadel [e]		Columbus	1927–1930	555 (169)	47	[7] [8]
Terminal Tower		Cleveland	1930–1991	771 (235)	52	[9]
Society Center [f]		Cleveland	1991–present	947 (289)	57	[10]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Akron
• List of tallest buildings in Cincinnati
• List of tallest buildings in Cleveland
• List of tallest buildings in Columbus
• List of tallest buildings in Dayton
• List of tallest buildings in Toledo

Notes

1. The New England Building has since been renamed the Guardian Bank Building.
2. The Union Trust Building has since been renamed the Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown Hotel.
3. The Clopay Building has since been renamed the Fourth & Walnut Center.
4. The Union Central Tower has since been renamed the Fourth & Vine Tower.
5. The American Insurance Union Citadel has since been renamed the LeVeque Tower.
6. Society Center has since been renamed Key Tower.

References

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