Skyline of Des Moines

This list of tallest buildings in Iowa ranks skyscrapers in the US state of Iowa by height for existing and proposed structures.

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image Height

ft (m)

 Floors Year City Notes
1801 Grand (previously The Principal Building) 801 Grand, since 1991 the tallest building in Des Moines and Iowa630 (192)451991Des MoinesOffice
2Ruan Center Ruan Center, from 1975 until 1991 the tallest building in Des Moines460 (140)361975Des MoinesOffice
3Des Moines Marriott Hotel Des Moines Marriott Hotel365 (111)331981Des MoinesHotel
4Financial Center Financial Center, from 1973 until 1975 the tallest building in Des Moines345 (105)251973Des MoinesOffice
5Plaza Building The Plaza Building340 (104)251985Des MoinesResidential
T6HUB Tower HUB Tower325 (99)251986Des MoinesOffice
T6EMC Insurance Building EMC Insurance Building325 (99)191997Des MoinesOffice
8Equitable Building The Equitable Building, from 1924 until 1973 the tallest building in Des Moines318 (97)191924Des MoinesResidential
9Alliant Tower 285 (87)211972Cedar RapidsOffice - Tallest building outside of Des Moines
10Iowa State Capitol 275 (84)41884Des MoinesGovernment
11CenturyLink Complex 273 (83)151928Des MoinesOffice
12Davenport Bank and Trust 255 (77)191927DavenportOffice/Residential - Tallest Building outside of Des Moines and Cedar Rapids
13Register and Tribune Building 243 (74)141916Des MoinesOffice
14Cedar River Tower 237 (72)251974Cedar RapidsResidential/Office
15MidAmerican Building 220 (67)151995DavenportOffice
16 Plaza 425 207 (63)141983Cedar RapidsOffice
17 Dubuque County Courthouse 205 (62) 5 1893 Dubuque Government
18The Chauncey Chauncey Building Iowa City191 (58)152019Iowa CityHotel/Residential
19T Des Moines Building 190 (58) 14 1930 Des Moines Office/Residential
19T Quaker Oats Plant 190 (58) 13 1927 Cedar Rapids Industrial
21 OpenLoop Tower (previously Bank of America Building) 186 (57) 14 1966 Des Moines Office
22 Two Ruan Center 185 (56) 14 1982 Des Moines Office
23 CRST Tower 180 (54) 11 2017 Cedar Rapids Office
24 Veterans Memorial Building 175 (53) 10 1927 Cedar Rapids Government
25T Liberty Building 174 (53) 12 1923 Des Moines Mixed Use
25T Fleming Building 174 (53) 11 1909 Des Moines Office
27T Hippee Building 172 (52) 12 1913 Des Moines Office
27T Davis Brown Tower 172 (52) 13 2008 Des Moines Office
29 Badgerow Building 169 (52) 12 1933 Sioux City Office
30 US Bank Building 166 (50) 12 1926 Cedar Rapids Office
31 Polk County Courthouse 160 (48) 4 1906 Des Moines Government
32 Hubbell Building 150 (45) 10 1913 Des Moines Residential

Note: Churches have been omitted from this list.

Years as Tallest Name Height

ft (m)

 Floors
1884–1924Iowa State Capitol275 (84)n/a
1924–1973Equitable Building318 (97)19
1973–1975Financial Center345 (105)25
1975–1991Ruan Center460 (140)36
1991–Present801 Grand630 (192)45

Tall buildings prior to 1884

Ladies' College Building, Davenport, 1856, later Mount Ida Female College.
Mount Ida Female College in 1858, after dome was added.

There does not seem to have been any effort to document the tallest building in Iowa prior to the construction of the State Capitol in 1884. This list shows buildings which may have been the tallest in Iowa prior to 1884, excluding church steeples.

Years as Tallest Name Height

ft (m)

 Floors
1840–1856Old Capitol, Iowa City114 (35)n/a
1856–1884Shot Tower, Dubuque120 (37)10

Other early tall building include:

  • Mount Ida Female College, Davenport, 1856. First four-story dwelling, later had a high dome placed on top, may have rivaled Old Capitol in height.[1][2]
  • Fort Madison, 1808, probably the first two-story buildings in what would become Iowa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Nathan Howe Parker, Iowa as it is in 1856: a gazetteer for citizens, 1856
  2. ↑ Wilkie, Franc B. (1858), Davenport, past and present
  3. ↑ Jackson, Donald (1958) "Old Fort Madison 1808–1813." Palimpsest 39(1).
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