This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1880 and the 1930s, predominantly in the United States cities of New York and Chicago, but also across the rest of the U.S. and in many other parts of the world.
The first skyscrapers (1880–1899)
United States
New York's "Newspaper Row", showing the first skyscrapers built in the late 19th century: (l to r) World Building, Tribune Building, 150 Nassau Street, and the Times Building. Also visible (left) is City Hall.
California
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Massachusetts
- 27 State St.
- 62 Boylston Street
- Ames Building
- Fiske Building
- Winthrop Building
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
New York City
- American Tract Society Building
- American Surety Building
- Bayard–Condict Building
- Bowling Green Offices Building
- Empire Building
- Gillender Building
- Hotel Chelsea
- Hotel Gerard
- Manhattan Life Insurance Building
- New York Times Building
- New York Tribune Building
- New York World Building
- Osborne Apartments
- Park Row Building
- St. Paul Building
- Temple Court Building
- The Ansonia
Rochester
Buffalo
- Dun Building, Buffalo
- Ellicott Square Building
- Guaranty Building
Albany
- 100 State Street, Albany
Pennsylvania
Utah
- Boston Building, Salt Lake City
- First Security Building, Salt Lake City
- Joseph Smith Memorial Building
- Judge Building
- Kearns Building
- Newhouse Building (Salt Lake City)
Wisconsin
Washington D.C.
Rest of the world
The APA "Australia" Building in Melbourne (1889–1980) – Australia's tallest building until 1912.
Asia
Japan
Bangladesh
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
The Witte Huis in Rotterdam, Europe's first skyscraper building (1898).
Europe
Netherlands
United Kingdom
The "First Great Age" (1900–19)
United States
The Woolworth Building overlooking New York City's Old Post Office and City Hall Park, with the peaks of the Singer Tower and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower just visible (left)
Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
- 121 Atlantic Place
- American National Bank Building (Pensacola, Florida)
- Dyal–Upchurch Building
- Heard National Bank Building, Jacksonville
- Florida Life Building
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
- 1200 Main Street Springfield
- Custom House Tower
- Hotel Kimball Springfield
Michigan
Minnesota
- Commerce Building (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
- First National Bank Building Annex, Saint Paul
- Great Northern Building, Saint Paul
- The Lowry Medical Arts Building, Saint Paul
- The Saint Paul Hotel, Saint Paul
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
New York City
- 1 Wall Street Court
- 14 Wall Street
- 49 Chambers
- 90 West Street
- 150 Nassau Street
- 195 Broadway
- American Surety Building
- Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company Building
- Bank of the Metropolis Building
- Bowling Green Offices Building
- Broad Exchange Building
- Broadway–Chambers Building
- Bush Tower
- City Investing Building
- Consolidated Edison Building
- Empire Building
- Equitable Building
- Equitable Life Building
- Flatiron Building
- Germania Life Insurance Company Building
- Gillender Building
- Home Life Building
- Hudson Terminal
- Liberty Tower
- Manhattan Life Insurance Building
- Manhattan Municipal Building
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
- Morse Building
- New York Times Building
- New York Tribune Building
- New York World Building
- One Times Square
- Park Row Building
- Singer Building
- St. Paul Building
- Trinity and United States Realty Buildings
- Western Union Telegraph Building
- Whitehall Building
- Woolworth Building
Rochester
Buffalo
- Cathedral Place, Buffalo
- The Marin
- Verizon/AT&T Building, Buffalo
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
- hotel monaco salt lake city
- Walker Center
Virginia
Washington
Elsewhere in the world
Culwulla Chambers, Sydney's first skyscraper
United Kingdom
Argentina
- Edificio Otto Wulf
- Galeria Guemes
- Archivo General de la Nacion
- Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires
- Railway Building
Australia
Germany
Berlin
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Siemensturm in Berlin
- Behrensbau
- Narva-Turm
- Siemensturm
Jena
- Zeiss Bau 15
Netherlands
- De Inktpot
Poland
Russia
Saint Petersburg
Moscow
- Afremov's house
- House of Nirnsee
Ukraine
- Bendersky's house
- Ginsburg House (Kyiv Paris)
- Doctor's castle
- The Ginsburg skyscraper
- Fyodor Alyoshin's profitable house
Inter-war period, boom and depression (1920–1939)
United States
Arizona
Connecticut
California
- 140 New Montgomery
- 225 Bush Street
- 450 Sutter Street
- Bank of Italy (Fresno, California)
- El Cortez Hotel
- Helm Building, Fresno
- Hotel Californian, Fresno
- Los Angeles City Hall
- Pacific Southwest Building
- Richfield Tower
- Russ Building
- Shell Building
- Tribune Tower
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Illinois
- 333 North Michigan
- 35 East Wacker
- Carbide & Carbon Building
- Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Chicago Temple Building
- Civic Opera Building
- Faust Landmark
- Field Building
- LaSalle-Wacker Building
- Leland Tower
- London Guarantee Building
- Mather Tower
- Metropolitan Tower
- Morrison Hotel
- One North LaSalle
- Palmolive Building
- Pittsfield Building
- Powhatan Apartments
- Randolph Tower
- Rockford Trust Building
- Tribune Tower
- Trustees System Service Building
- Wrigley Building
Iowa
Louisiana
Maine
- People's United Bank Building
- Time and Temperature Building
- Verizon Building, Bangor
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Suffolk County Courthouse
- US Shoe Machinery Corporation Building
Michigan
- AT&T Michigan Headquarters
- Boji Tower
- Book Tower
- Buhl Building
- Cadillac Place
- Cadillac Tower
- David Broderick Tower
- David Stott Building
- First National Building
- Fisher Building
- Fort Shelby Hotel
- Grand Park Centre
- Guardian Building
- Industrial Building (Detroit)
- Hudson Department Store
- Macabees Building
- Penobscot Building
- United Artists Theatre Building
- Washington Boulevard Building
- Water Board Building
- Westin Book Cadillac Hotel
Minnesota
- CenturyLink Building
- CenturyLink Building, Saint Paul
- First National Bank Building
- Foshay Tower
- Lowry Hotel, Saint Paul
- Minnesota Building
- Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse
- Saint Paul City Hall Annex
- United States Post Office/Custom House, Saint Paul
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
- 155 washington street
- 24 Commerce Street
- Bamberger's
- Camden City Hall
- Eleven 80
- Griffith Building
- Home Office Building
- Military Park Building
- National Newark Building
- New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building
- Prudential Headquarters#Gibraltar Building
- The Claridge Hotel
- Union County Courthouse (New Jersey)
New York
New York City
- 1 Wall Street
- 10 East 40th Street
- 110 East 42nd Street
- 120 Wall Street
- 15 Broad Street
- 20 Exchange Place
- 20 West Street
- 21 West Street
- 26 Broadway
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza
- 32 Avenue of the Americas
- 330 West 42nd Street
- 40 Wall Street
- 500 Fifth Avenue
- 60 Hudson Street
- 70 Pine Street
- American Radiator Building
- Chanin Building
- Chrysler Building
- Cunard Building
- Daily News Building
- Empire State Building
- Fuller Building
- Helmsley Building
- Metropolitan Life North Building
- Nelson Tower
- New York Life Building
- One Grand Central Place
- Paramount Building
- Pershing Square Building
- Rockefeller Center
- The Beresford
- The Century
- The Eldorado
- The Majestic
- The Pierre
- The San Remo
- The Sherry-Netherland
- Verizon Building
- Waldorf Astoria
- Wall and Hanover Building
- Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
- Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
Buffalo
- 42 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo
- Buffalo Central Terminal
- Buffalo City Hall
- Convention Tower, Buffalo
- Electric Tower
- Liberty Building
- Rand Building
Rochester
Syracuse
- Hills Building, Syracuse
- Niagara Mohawk Building
- State Tower Building
Albany
- 69 State Street, Albany
- 90 State Street, Albany
- Alfred E. Smith Building
- Home Savings Bank Building
New Rochelle
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
- 88 Union Center Memphis
- Andrew Johnson Building
- Crosstown Concourse
- Exchange Building (Memphis)
- Lincoln American Tower
- Madison Hotel (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Number 10 Main Memphis
- Sterchi Lofts, Knoxville
- Sterick Building
- Tennessee Theatre
- The Holston
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
- AT&T Center (Milwaukee)
- City Center at 735
- Cudahy Tower
- Hilton Milwaukee City Center
- Wells Building
- Wisconsin Gas Building
- Wisconsin Tower
Elsewhere in the world
Australia
The Manchester Unity Building in Melbourne
Melbourne
Sydney
Austria
Vienna
Argentina
Belgium
The Boerentoren in Antwerp
Antwerp
Brussels
- Les Pavillons français
- Résidence de la Cambre
Ghent
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
China
Guangzhou
Shanghai
- Bank of China Building
- Broadway Mansions
- Customs House
- Development Building
- Hamilton House
- Metropole Hotel
- Headquarters of China State Bank
- Headquarters of China Land Bank
- Chung Wai Bank Building
- Old Seagull on the Bund
- Headquarters of Joint Savings Society
- Da-Sun Department Store
- New Wing-On Tower
- Bank of East Asia Building
- Hengshan Picardie Hotel
- Jinjiang Hotel
- Park Hotel
- Peace Hotel
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Villeurbanne
- Gratte-ciel_(Villeurbanne)
Germany
The Borsigturm in Berlin
The Hansahochhaus in Cologne
Aachen
- Haus Grenzwacht
Berlin
- Borsigturm
- Columbushaus
- Europahaus
- Karstadt Berlin Hermannplatz
- Kathreiner-Haus
- Shell-Haus
- Ullsteinhaus
- Wernerwerk-Hochhaus
Braunschweig
- Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig
Chemnitz
Cologne
Dresden
- Ernemann-Werke
- Hochhaus am Albertplatz
Düsseldorf
- Stummhaus
- Wilhelm Marx House
Essen
- Deutschlandhaus (Essen)
Gera
- Handelshof
Hamburg
Hanover
- Anzeiger-Hochhaus
- Capitol
Jena
Leipzig
- Europahaus (Leipzig)
- Krochhochhaus
Magdeburg
- Faber-Hochhaus
Munich
Stuttgart
Wismar
- Hochhaus am Platz des Friedens
Hungary
Budapest
- Madách Square Tower (vision)[1]
- Az Országos Társadalombiztosító Intézet székháza
Italy
The Torrione INA in Brescia, Italy's first skyscraper.
Brescia
Genoa
Milan
- Palazzo e Torre Rasini
- Snia Viscosa Tower
- Palazzo Locatelli
Turin
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
New Zealand
Poland
Warsaw
Wroclaw
- Wrocław Post Office
- Biurowiec przy Rynku 9-11
Katowice
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
The Telefónica Building in Madrid
Madrid
Barcelona
A Coruña
Sweden
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Switzerland
- Bel-Air-Turm
Ukraine
Kyiv
Kharkiv
United Kingdom
London
Manchester
- Quay Street Tower (unbuilt)
- Sunlight House
- Lancaster House, Manchester
- Ship Canal House
Liverpool
- Martins Bank Building
- India Buildings
- Exchange Flags
- Wellington Buildings
See also
References
- ↑ "Skyscraper plans in Budapest - High-rise buildings were planned for Károly Boulevard, Astoria and Rákóczi Road". pestbuda.hu. 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
[UK first iron building 1797 Shrewsbury Flaxmill]
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