List of tallest buildings in Baltimore
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Legg Mason Building
Transamerica Tower , is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Baltimore, Maryland completed in 1973. At , it is the tallest building in Baltimore, the tallest building in Maryland, and the tallest building between Philadelphia and Raleigh...
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100 East Pratt Street
100 East Pratt Street is a building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building originally began construction in 1973 by Emery Roth & Sons, though it halted in 1975. Construction was then completed and developed in 1992 by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The building stands at 418 ft. , containing...
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Baltimore World Trade Center
Located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore World Trade Center is the world's tallest regular pentagonal building . It was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with the principal architects being Henry N...
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William Donald Schaefer Building
The William Donald Schaefer Building, also known as the William Donald Schaefer Tower or simply the Donald Schaefer Building, is a skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 37 floors and in height, and stands as the third-tallest building in the city...
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Commerce Place (Baltimore)
Commerce Place is a high-rise in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 31 floors and in height, and stands as the fourth-tallest building in the city. The structure was completed in 1992. Commerce Place was designed by architect G.C. Pontius of RTKL Associates, a Baltimore-based architectural...
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414 Water Street
414 Water Street is a condominium skyscraper complex located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building is thirty three stories tall . The building's construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2007. The building was built on the original site of the Water Tower, a former office building development...
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This list of tallest buildings in Baltimore ranks skyscraper
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
s and high-rises in the U.S.
United States
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city of Baltimore, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
by height. The tallest building in Baltimore is the 40-story
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
Transamerica Tower (Baltimore), which rises 529 feet (161 m) and was completed in 1973. It also stands as the tallest building in the state
U.S. state
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of Maryland and the tallest building on the East Coast
East Coast of the United States
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between Philadelphia and Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
, after the RBC Plaza
RBC Plaza
RBC Plaza, also known as RBC Tower, is the largest and tallest skyscraper in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The tower rises to a height of and is situated on a lot housing approximately of office and retail space, parking and residential condominiums...
was built in 2008. The second-tallest building in the city and the state is the Bank of America Building
Bank of America Building (Baltimore)
The Bank of America Building, located at the corner of East Baltimore and Light Streets in the downtown area of Baltimore, Maryland, at 505 feet was the tallest building in the state when built in 1929...
, which is 509 feet (155 m) high.
The history of skyscrapers in Baltimore began with the completion in 1893 of the Fidelity Building, which is regarded as the first high-rise in the city. The building originally rose eight floors, but an additional seven stories were constructed between 1912 and 1915, bringing the structure's total height to 220 feet (67 m). Baltimore went through an early high-rise construction boom from the 1910s to the late 1920s, during which time the Bank of America Building was constructed. The city then experienced a major building boom from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, during which the city saw the completion of 18 of its 24 tallest buildings, including the Legg Mason Building and the Baltimore World Trade Center
Baltimore World Trade Center
Located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore World Trade Center is the world's tallest regular pentagonal building . It was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with the principal architects being Henry N...
. The city is the site of two completed buildings that are at least 500 feet (152 m) high, with one more under construction and two proposed for construction. As of June 2008, there are 163 completed high-rises in the city.
The most recently completed skyscraper in Baltimore is 414 Water Street
414 Water Street
414 Water Street is a condominium skyscraper complex located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building is thirty three stories tall . The building's construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2007. The building was built on the original site of the Water Tower, a former office building development...
, which rises 344 feet (105 m) and 33 floors. As of June 2008, there are three skyscrapers under construction in the city, with two more proposed for construction. The tallest building under construction in Baltimore is the Four Seasons Baltimore and Residences
Four Seasons Baltimore and Residences
Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore is a highrise hotel complex building due to open in November 2011. The building's construction began back in 2007 and has gone through several changes. Developers originally planned the project as two towers, with a portion for residences. The hotel will now occupy...
, which is expected to rise 44 stories and 495 feet (151 m). Upon completion, it would be the third-tallest building in Baltimore. The two largest developments taking place in the city are the Westport Redevelopment Tower
Westport Redevelopment Tower
Westport Redevelopment Tower is a proposed highrise residential-use building that would be located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building is expected to have sixty-five floors, once completed. If approved by state authorities, the project would be developed by the Turner Developmental Group. Once...
and 10 Inner Harbor
10 Inner Harbor
10 Inner Harbor is a cancelled skyscraper project in downtown Baltimore at a site overlooking the Inner Harbor at the corner of Light Street and West Conway Street. Currently, this land is a parking lot, and earlier still it was a McCormick & Co...
; both are proposed for construction. The Westport Redevelopment Tower is expected to rise 65 stories, while 10 Inner Harbor is expected to rise to a height of 771 feet (235 m) and 59 stories. Both towers would be taller than the Legg Mason Building, and would thus become the two tallest structures in the city. As of June 2008, there are 27 high-rise buildings under construction, approved for construction, and proposed for construction in Baltimore.
Tallest buildings
This list ranks Baltimore skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
| Rank | Name | Height ft (m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... ) |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transamerica Tower | 529 (161) | 40 | 1973 | Has been the tallest building in Baltimore and Maryland since 1973. Tallest building on the east coast betweenPhiladelphia andRaleigh. Tallest building in the city constructed in the 1970s. As of 2011 the building is set to be renamed the Transamerica Tower. |
| 2 | Bank of America Building Bank of America Building (Baltimore) The Bank of America Building, located at the corner of East Baltimore and Light Streets in the downtown area of Baltimore, Maryland, at 505 feet was the tallest building in the state when built in 1929... |
509 (155) | 37 | 1924 | Tallest building in Baltimore constructed in the 1920s. |
| 3 | William Donald Schaefer Building William Donald Schaefer Building The William Donald Schaefer Building, also known as the William Donald Schaefer Tower or simply the Donald Schaefer Building, is a skyscraper in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 37 floors and in height, and stands as the third-tallest building in the city... |
493 (150) | 37 | 1992 | Tallest building in the city constructed in the 1990s. |
| 4 | Commerce Place Commerce Place (Baltimore) Commerce Place is a high-rise in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 31 floors and in height, and stands as the fourth-tallest building in the city. The structure was completed in 1992. Commerce Place was designed by architect G.C. Pontius of RTKL Associates, a Baltimore-based architectural... |
454 (138) | 31 | 1992 | |
| 5 | 100 East Pratt Street 100 East Pratt Street 100 East Pratt Street is a building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building originally began construction in 1973 by Emery Roth & Sons, though it halted in 1975. Construction was then completed and developed in 1992 by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The building stands at 418 ft. , containing... |
418 (128) | 28 | 1992 | |
| 6 | Baltimore World Trade Center Baltimore World Trade Center Located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, the Baltimore World Trade Center is the world's tallest regular pentagonal building . It was designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with the principal architects being Henry N... |
405 (123) | 32 | 1977 | Tallest equilateral pentagon Pentagon In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon. A pentagon may be simple or self-intersecting. The sum of the internal angles in a simple pentagon is 540°. A pentagram is an example of a self-intersecting pentagon.- Regular pentagons :In a regular pentagon, all sides are equal in length and... al building in the world. |
| 7 | Tremont Plaza Hotel Tremont Plaza Hotel Tremont Plaza Hotel is a highrise hotel building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises to 395 feet/120 meters, containing 37 floors and 290 suites. Construction of the building was completed in 1967, which was developed by E. Wolf & Associates. The building was renovated in... |
395 (120) | 37 | 1967 | Tallest building in Baltimore constructed in the 1960s. |
| 8 | Charles Towers South Apartments Charles Center Charles Center is a highrise apartment building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building stands 385 feet/117 meters tall and contains 30 floors. The building was constructed in 1969 by developers Conklin + Rossant.... |
385 (117) | 30 | 1969 | Tallest residential building in Baltimore. Also known as Two Charles Center. |
| 9 | Legg Mason Tower Legg Mason Tower Legg Mason Tower is a 24-story glass high-rise located at 100 International Drive in Baltimore's Harbor East development. Completed in May 2009, the waterfront skyscraper was developed by Harbor East Development Group, and reaches a height of . It was designed by Beatty Harvey Coco Architects... |
360.5 (110) | 24 | 2009 | |
| 10= | Blaustein Building Blaustein Building The Blaustein Building is a highrise building located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The building stands at , containing 30 floors. The building was constructed in 1962, and was developed by Vincent Kling & Associates. The Hub Department Store was destroyed in order for this building to be... |
360 (110) | 30 | 1962 | |
| 10= | 250 West Pratt Street 250 West Pratt Street 250 West Pratt Street is a highrise building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building stands at 360 feet/110 meters, containing twenty-four floors. The building was constructed and completed in 1986, as it was developed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP... |
360 (110) | 24 | 1986 | Tallest building in the city constructed in the 1980s. |
| 12 | Towers at Harbor Court Towers at Harbor Court The Towers at Harbor Court is a residential high-rise complex in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 28 floors and in height, and stands as the 12th-tallest building in the city. The structure was completed in 1987. The Towers at Harbor Court complex was developed by Allied Roofing and... |
356 (109) | 28 | 1987 | |
| 13= | 201 North Charles Street Building 201 North Charles Street Building 201 North Charles Street Building is a commercial high-rise in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 28 floors and in height, and is tied with Charles Towers North Apartments as the 13th-tallest building in the city. The structure was completed in 1967, and is an example of international... |
350 (107) | 28 | 1967 | |
| 13= | Charles Towers North Apartments Charles Center Charles Center is a highrise apartment building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building stands 385 feet/117 meters tall and contains 30 floors. The building was constructed in 1969 by developers Conklin + Rossant.... |
350 (107) | 27 | 1967 | Also known as Eight Charles Center. |
| 15 | 414 Water Street 414 Water Street 414 Water Street is a condominium skyscraper complex located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building is thirty three stories tall . The building's construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2007. The building was built on the original site of the Water Tower, a former office building development... |
344 (105) | 33 | 2008 | |
| 16 | HarborView Condominium HarborView Condominium HarborView Condominium is a residential high-rise in Baltimore, Maryland. The building, which is a part of the HarborView complex, rises 29 floors and in height, and stands as the 16th-tallest building in the city. The structure was completed in 1993. HarborView Condominium was designed by... |
342 (104) | 29 | 1993 | Also known as Harborview Tower. |
| 17= | Charles Center South Charles Center Charles Center is a highrise apartment building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building stands 385 feet/117 meters tall and contains 30 floors. The building was constructed in 1969 by developers Conklin + Rossant.... |
330 (101) | 25 | 1975 | |
| 17= | Wachovia Tower Wachovia Tower (Baltimore) The Wells Fargo Tower, formerly known as the First Union Signet Tower, Wachovia Tower, and Union Trust Building, is a commercial high-rise in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 24 floors above street level and is in height; it is tied with Charles Center South as the 17th-tallest building in... |
330 (101) | 24 | 1985 | Also known as First Union Signet Tower. |
| 19= | Mercantile Bank & Trust Company Charles Center Charles Center is a highrise apartment building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building stands 385 feet/117 meters tall and contains 30 floors. The building was constructed in 1969 by developers Conklin + Rossant.... |
315 (96) | 21 | 1969 | |
| 19= | M&T Bank Building M&T Bank Building The M&T Bank Building, also known as the First Maryland Building and formerly the First National Bank Of Maryland, is a commercial high-rise in Baltimore, Maryland. The building rises 22 floors and in height, and is currently tied with the Mercantile Bank & Trust Company Building as the... |
315 (96) | 22 | 1972 | Also known as the First Maryland Building. |
| 19= | Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel is a high-rise hotel building, located in the Harbor East area of Baltimore, Maryland. The hotel is situated at 700 Aliceanna St. Primarily a convention hotel, the property has 32 floors with over 750 rooms, standing at . The hotel has been the tallest hotel... |
315 (96) | 32 | 2001 | Tallest hotel in Baltimore. |
| 22 | Silo Point Silo Point Silo Point is a high-rise grain elevator located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grain elevator rises to 310 feet/94 meters, containing 24 floors and 228 rooms. Originally called the Locust Point Grain Terminal Elevator, it was built by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1923. Currently it is being... |
310 (94) | 24 | 1923 | Under reconstruction. |
| 23 | Vue Harbor East Vue Harbor East Vue Harbor East is a high-rise hotel building located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The building rises to 306 feet/93 meters, containing 30 floors and 131 rooms. The construction of the building began in 2005 and was completed in 2007... |
306 (93) | 30 | 2007 | |
| 24 | Wyndham Baltimore South Tower Wyndham Baltimore South Tower Wyndham Inner Harbor Hotel South is a high-rise hotel complex located in Baltimore, Maryland. The complex rises to 302 feet/92 meters, containing 27 floors and making it one of the tallest buildings in Baltimore. The building's construction was completed in 1967... |
302 (92) | 27 | 1967 | |
Tallest under construction or proposed
This lists skyscrapers and high-rises that are approved, proposed or under construction in Baltimore over 300 feet (91 m), but are not yet completed structures. A floor count of 20 stories is used as the cutoff in place of a height of 300 feet (91 m) for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers.| Name | Height* ft (m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... ) |
Floors | Year | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Inner Harbor 10 Inner Harbor 10 Inner Harbor is a cancelled skyscraper project in downtown Baltimore at a site overlooking the Inner Harbor at the corner of Light Street and West Conway Street. Currently, this land is a parking lot, and earlier still it was a McCormick & Co... |
771 (235) | 59 | 2010 | Cancelled | |
| Four Seasons Baltimore and Residences Four Seasons Baltimore and Residences Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore is a highrise hotel complex building due to open in November 2011. The building's construction began back in 2007 and has gone through several changes. Developers originally planned the project as two towers, with a portion for residences. The hotel will now occupy... |
495 (151) | 44 | 2010 | Status of remaining 23 floors unknown | |
| Westport Redevelopment Tower Westport Redevelopment Tower Westport Redevelopment Tower is a proposed highrise residential-use building that would be located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building is expected to have sixty-five floors, once completed. If approved by state authorities, the project would be developed by the Turner Developmental Group. Once... |
65 | 2011 | Proposed | ||
| 300 East Pratt Street 300 East Pratt Street 300 East Pratt Street is a hotel being planned in Baltimore, Maryland. The building is expected to rise 640 ft/195 m. Construction of the building was to begin in 2007 and was expected to be completed in 2010.... |
640 | 50 | 2010 | Approved | |
Timeline of tallest buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Baltimore.| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height ft (m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... ) |
Floors | Reference |
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| Fidelity Building | 210 North Charles Street Maryland Route 139 Maryland Route 139, known locally for most of its existence as North Charles Street, runs through Baltimore City and through the Towson area of Baltimore County. On the north end it terminates at a traffic circle with Bellona Avenue near Interstate 695 and at the south end it terminates in Federal... |
1893–1901 | 220 (67) | 15 | |
| One Calvert Plaza | 201 East Baltimore Street | 1901–1911 | 249 (76) | 16 | |
| Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower was erected in 1911 at the corner of Eutaw and Lombard Streets in Baltimore, Maryland. It was designed by Joseph Evans Sperry and was constructed by Bromo-Seltzer inventor "Captain" Isaac E. Emerson. It was the tallest building in Baltimore from 1911 until 1923... |
312 West Lombard Street Lombard Street (Baltimore) Lombard Street is a major street in Baltimore. It forms a one-way pair of streets with Pratt Street that run west-east through downtown Baltimore. For most of their route, Pratt Street is one-way in an eastbound direction, and Lombard Street is one way westbound. Both streets begin in west... |
1911–1923 | 289 (88) | 15 | |
| Constellation Energy Building | 39 West Lexington Street | 1916–1923 | 289 (88) | 21 | |
| B&O Railroad Grain Terminal Silo Point Silo Point is a high-rise grain elevator located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grain elevator rises to 310 feet/94 meters, containing 24 floors and 228 rooms. Originally called the Locust Point Grain Terminal Elevator, it was built by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1923. Currently it is being... |
1700 Beason Street | 1923–1924 | 310 (94) | 24 | |
| Baltimore Trust Company Building Bank of America Building (Baltimore) The Bank of America Building, located at the corner of East Baltimore and Light Streets in the downtown area of Baltimore, Maryland, at 505 feet was the tallest building in the state when built in 1929... |
10 Light Street | 1924–1973 | 509 (155) | 37 | |
| Legg Mason Building Legg Mason Building Transamerica Tower , is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Baltimore, Maryland completed in 1973. At , it is the tallest building in Baltimore, the tallest building in Maryland, and the tallest building between Philadelphia and Raleigh... |
100 Light Street | 1973–present | 529 (161) | 40 | |
External links
- Diagram of Baltimore skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage