List of tallest buildings in Iowa

List of the current tallest buildings in Iowa

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

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Rank  | Name  | Image  | Height

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1 | 801 Grand (previously The Principal Building) |  | 630 (192) | 45 | 1991 | Des Moines | Office
2 | Ruan Center |  | 460 (140) | 36 | 1975 | Des Moines | Office
3 | Des Moines Marriott Hotel |  | 365 (111) | 33 | 1981 | Des Moines | Hotel
4 | Financial Center |  | 345 (105) | 25 | 1973 | Des Moines | Office
5 | Plaza Building |  | 340 (104) | 25 | 1985 | Des Moines | Residential
T6 | HUB Tower |  | 325 (99) | 25 | 1986 | Des Moines | Office
T6 | EMC Insurance Building |  | 325 (99) | 19 | 1997 | Des Moines | Office
8 | Equitable Building |  | 318 (97) | 19 | 1924 | Des Moines | Residential
9 | Alliant Tower |  | 285 (87) | 21 | 1972 | Cedar Rapids | Office - Tallest building outside of Des Moines
10 | Iowa State Capitol |  | 275 (84) | 4 | 1884 | Des Moines | Government
11 | CenturyLink Complex |  | 273 (83) | 15 | 1928 | Des Moines | Office
12 | Davenport Bank and Trust |  | 255 (77) | 19 | 1927 | Davenport | Office/Residential - Tallest Building outside of Des Moines and Cedar Rapids
13 | Register and Tribune Building |  | 243 (74) | 14 | 1916 | Des Moines | Office
14 | Cedar River Tower |  | 237 (72) | 25 | 1974 | Cedar Rapids | Residential/Office
15 | MidAmerican Building |  | 220 (67) | 15 | 1995 | Davenport | Office
16  | Plaza 425 |  | 207 (63) | 14 | 1983 | Cedar Rapids | Office
17  | Dubuque County Courthouse |  | 205 (62)  | 5  | 1893  | Dubuque  | Government
18 | The Chauncey  |  | 191 (58) | 15 | 2019 | Iowa City | Hotel/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  | Residential
27T  | Hippee Building |  | 172 (52)  | 12  | 1913  | Des Moines  | Hotel
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.

## Tallest buildings: Proposed/Under Construction

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Name  | Picture  | Height (ft)  | Floors  | Status  | Completion Year  | City

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The Fifth |  | 466  | 40  | cancelled  | cancelled  | Des Moines
515 Walnut |  | 359  | 33  | Under Construction  | 2027 (est.)  | Des Moines

## Timeline of Tallest Buildings

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Years as Tallest  | Name  | Height

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1884–1924 | Iowa State Capitol | 275 (84) | n/a
1924–1973 | Equitable Building | 318 (97) | 19
1973–1975 | Financial Center | 345 (105) | 25
1975–1991 | Ruan Center | 460 (140) | 36
1991–Present | 801 Grand | 630 (192) | 45

## Tall buildings prior to 1884

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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

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1840–1856 | Old Capitol, Iowa City | 114 (35) | n/a
1856–1884 | Shot Tower, Dubuque | 120 (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

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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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