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Downtown Charleston as viewed from the south bank of the
Kanawha River in 2007
There are 21 high-rise buildings located in Charleston, West Virginia. The Kanawha Valley Building is the tallest structure in the downtown area, and the State Capitol Building is the tallest structure in the city. Charleston is the largest city in West Virginia and is the business, government, retail and transportation center of the state.
Tallest buildings
Rank
|
Name
|
Stories
|
Height
|
Year
|
Notes
|
1
|
West Virginia State Capitol |
3[1] |
292 ft (89 m)
|
1932
|
Capitol
|
2
|
Kanawha Valley Building |
22 |
265 ft (81 m)
|
1929
|
Commercial office
|
3
|
Laidley Tower |
22 |
255 ft (78 m)
|
1985
|
Commercial office
|
4
|
BB&T Square |
18 |
250 ft (76.2 m)
|
1976
|
Commercial office
|
5
|
Chase Center |
20 |
230 ft (70 m)
|
1969
|
Commercial office
|
6
|
Huntington Square |
17 |
207 ft (63.1 m)
|
1969
|
Commercial office
|
7
|
United Center |
12 |
205 ft (62.5 m)
|
1984
|
Commercial office
|
8
|
AT&T Building |
15 |
195 ft (60 m)
|
1931
|
Commercial office
|
9
|
Imperial Tower |
19 |
191 ft (58 m)
|
1964
|
Residential condominium
|
10
|
City Center West |
13 |
186 ft (57 m)
|
1981
|
Government office
|
11
|
Union Building |
14 |
183 ft (56 m)
|
1911
|
Commercial office
|
12
|
Columbia Gas Transmission Building |
12 |
177 ft (54 m)
|
1955
|
Commercial office
|
13
|
Charleston Marriott Town Center |
16 |
175 ft (53.3 m)
|
1982
|
Hotel
|
14
|
405 Capitol Street Building |
12 |
136 ft (41 m)
|
1929
|
Commercial office
|
References[edit]
Lists of tallest buildings in the United States |
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- Albany, NY
- Albuquerque
- Amarillo, TX
- Anchorage, AK
- Arlington, VA
- Atlanta
- Atlantic City
- Austin
- Baltimore
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Beaumont, TX
- Bellevue, WA
- Billings, MT
- Birmingham, AL
- Boise, ID
- Boston
- Brooklyn, NY
- Buffalo
- Camden, NJ
- Charleston, SC
- Charleston, WV
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Colorado Springs
- Columbia, MO
- Columbia, SC
- Columbus, OH
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Dallas
- Dayton, OH
- Denver
- Des Moines, IA
- Detroit
- Durham, NC
- El Paso, TX
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Fort Lee, NJ
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Fort Worth
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Greensboro, NC
- Hartford, CT
- Honolulu
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Jackson, MS
- Jacksonville, FL
- Jersey City, NJ
- Kansas City, MO
- Knoxville, TN
- Lansing, MI
- Las Vegas
- Lexington, KY
- Little Rock, AR
- Long Beach, CA
- Louisville, KY
- Los Angeles
- Lubbock, TX
- Madison, WI
- Manchester, NH
- Memphis, TN
- Metairie, LA
- Miami
- Miami Beach, FL
- Midland, TX
- Milwaukee
- Minneapolis
- Mobile, AL
- Nashville, TN
- New Brunswick, NJ
- New Haven, CT
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Newark, NJ
- Norfolk, VA
- North Hudson, NJ
- Oakland, CA
- Oklahoma City
- Omaha, NE
- Orlando, FL
- Paterson, NJ
- Philadelphia
- Phoenix
- Pittsburgh
- Portland, OR
- Providence, RI
- Quad Cities
- Queens
- Raleigh, NC
- Richmond, VA
- Riverside, CA
- Rochester, MN
- Rochester, NY
- Sacramento, CA
- Salt Lake City
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Seattle
- Shreveport, LA
- Spokane, WA
- Springfield, MA
- St. Louis
- Saint Paul
- St. Petersburg
- Sunny Isles Beach, FL
- Syracuse, NY
- Tacoma
- Tallahassee, FL
- Tampa
- Toledo, OH
- Tucson, AZ
- Tulsa, OK
- Tysons, VA
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Washington, DC
- Wichita, KS
- Wilmington, DE
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Worcester, MA
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