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	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
27	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
37	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
47	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	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	1913–1927	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]

Notes

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

References

↑ Harwood, Herbert H. Jr. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-253-34163-9.
↑ "History of Cleveland's skyscrapers". clevelandskyscrapers.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
↑ "New England Building". clevelandhistorical.com. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
↑ "Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown Hotel Debuts in Historic Bartlett Building". hoteldesigns.net. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
↑ "Communiversity Presents the Architecture of Daniel Burnham". uc.edu. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
↑ MacKaron, Erissa (January 22, 2009). "Central Trust Bank Tower".
↑ Korom 2008, p. 356.
↑ Hunter 2012, p. 93.
↑ Toman, James; Cook, Daniel (2005). "The Tower". Cleveland's Towering Treasure. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Landmarks Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-936760-20-6.
↑ "Key Tower". clevelandhistorical.com. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

Sources

Hunter, Bob (2012). A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus: Finding the Past in the Present in Ohio's Capital City. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0821420126. OCLC 886535510.
Korom, Joseph Jr. (2008), The American Skyscraper, 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height, Boston, Massachusetts: Branden Books, ISBN 978-0828321884

[3] The New England Building has since been renamed the Guardian Bank Building.

[5] The Union Trust Building has since been renamed the Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown Hotel.

[7] The Clopay Building has since been renamed the Fourth & Walnut Center.

[9] The Union Central Tower has since been renamed the Fourth & Vine Tower.

[11] The American Insurance Union Citadel has since been renamed the LeVeque Tower.

[15] Society Center has since been renamed Key Tower.

[1] Harwood, Herbert H. Jr. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-253-34163-9.

[2] "History of Cleveland's skyscrapers". clevelandskyscrapers.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

[4] "New England Building". clevelandhistorical.com. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

[6] "Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown Hotel Debuts in Historic Bartlett Building". hoteldesigns.net. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

[8] "Communiversity Presents the Architecture of Daniel Burnham". uc.edu. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

[10] MacKaron, Erissa (January 22, 2009). "Central Trust Bank Tower".

[FOOTNOTEKorom2008356-12] Korom 2008, p. 356.

[FOOTNOTEHunter201293-13] Hunter 2012, p. 93.

[14] Toman, James; Cook, Daniel (2005). "The Tower". Cleveland's Towering Treasure. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Landmarks Press. p. 76. ISBN 0-936760-20-6.

[16] "Key Tower". clevelandhistorical.com. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

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