List of tallest buildings in Cincinnati
This is a list of tallest buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati (2010)
Tallest buildings
This lists ranks 28 Cincinnati-area skyscrapers that stand at least 250 feet (76 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Some of the below buildings are not in Cincinnati but rather a neighboring community. 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 | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Note | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great American Tower at Queen City Square | ![]() |
665 / 203 | 41 | 2010 | Tallest building in Cincinnati, third-tallest in Ohio. | |
2 | Carew Tower | ![]() |
574 / 175 | 49 | 1931 | Second-tallest in Cincinnati, tallest from 1931 until 2010. | [1] |
3 | Fourth and Vine Tower | ![]() |
495 / 151 | 31 | 1913 | When completed was the fifth-tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in the world outside of New York City. | [2] |
4 | Scripps Center | ![]() |
468 / 143 | 36 | 1990 | Tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1990s. | |
5 | Fifth Third Center | ![]() |
423 / 129 | 32 | 1969 | Headquarters of Fifth Third Bank | |
6 | Center at 600 Vine | ![]() |
418 / 127 | 30 | 1984 | ||
7 | First Financial Center | ![]() |
410 / 125 | 32 | 1991 | Headquarters of Roto-Rooter, Chemed | |
8 | Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza | ![]() |
372 / 113 | 31 | 1931 | ||
9 | Columbia Plaza | ![]() |
368 / 112 | 29 | 1984 | Former headquarters of Chiquita | |
10 | PNC Center | ![]() |
354 / 108 | 27 | 1979 | Tallest building completed in the 1970s. | |
11= | Atrium Two | — | 351 / 107 | 28 | 1984 | ||
11= | US Bank Tower (Cincinnati) | — | 351 / 107 | 26 | 1981 | ||
12= | Millennium Hotel Cincinnati | — | 350 / 107 | 32 | 1977 | ||
12= | 36 East Seventh | — | 350 / 107 | 26 | 1989 | Discrepancies exist about the building's height. An Emporis estimate[3] lists the height as 349.86 feet (and the building is placed as such in the table), but analysis from another source[4] suggests that the building is 322 feet tall. With either height number, the building would remain in the same place on the table relative to other structures. | |
13 | Edgecliff Point | — | 322 / 99 | 24 | 1990 | Not to be confused with The Edgecliff, a 231-foot structure residing nearby. (The Edgecliff is not listed here because it does not meet the 250-foot minimum height requirement.) | |
14 | Kroger Building | ![]() |
320 / 98 | 25 | 1954 | Kroger Co.'s headquarters | |
15 | Macy's Building | ![]() |
317 / 97 | 21 | 1978 | Former Macy's headquarters. | |
16 | Enquirer Building | ![]() |
312 / 95 | 25 | 1992 | ||
17 | 525 Vine Center | — | 309 / 95 | 23 | 1985 | ||
18 | Rivercenter 1 | — | 308 / 94 | 18 | 1990 | ||
19 | The Ascent at Roebling Bridge | — | 293 / 89 | 21 | 2008 | Located in Covington, Kentucky. Kentucky's 19th-tallest building. | |
20 | Rivercenter 2 | — | 292 / 88 | 15 | 1998 | ||
21 | Terrace Plaza Hotel | ![]() |
272 / 83 | 19 | 1949 | ||
22 | Duke Energy Building | — | 269 / 82 | 18 | 1929 | Designed by Cincinnati architectural firm Garber & Woodward and John Russell Pope | |
23 | National City Tower (Cincinnati) | ![]() |
263 / 80 | 20 | 1968 | ||
24 | Hyatt Regency Cincinnati | ![]() |
260 / 79 | 23 | 1984 | ||
25 | Fourth & Walnut Center | — | 255 / 78 | 19 | 1904 | Tallest building in Cincinnati from 1904 to 1913. | |
26 | Cincinnati American Building | — | 255 / 78 | 18 | 1928 | ||
27 | Bartlett Building | ![]() |
252 / 77 | 19 | 1901 | Tallest building in Cincinnati from 1901 to 1904. | |
28 | Atrium One | — | 252 / 77 | 20 | 1981 | ||
Buildings under construction
This lists buildings that are under construction in Cincinnati and are planned to rise at least 115 feet (35 m).
Rank | Name | Type | Height ft / m |
Floors | Completion year (est.) | Note | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eighth and Sycamore | Residential | 238 / 73 | 17 | 2017 | [5] | |
2 | 4th and Race | Residential | - / - | 17 | 2021 | ||
3 | GE US Global Operations Center | Commercial | 185 / 56 | 12 | 2016 | [6] | |
Approved and proposed buildings
This lists buildings that are approved or proposed in Cincinnati and are planned to rise at least 115 feet (35 m).
Rank | Name | Type | Height ft / m |
Floors | Anticipated groundbreaking | Note | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SkyHouse Cincinnati | Residential | 292 / 89 | 25 | 2018 | Canceled | [7][8] |
2 | 719 Main | Residential | - / - | 14 | 2017 | Proposed | |
3 | 801 Main | Residential | - / - | 14 | 2017 | Proposed | |
References
- "Carew Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
- "PNC Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
- "36 East Seventh, Cincinnati | 122064 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- "36 East Seventh Street - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- "Eighth and Sycamore". Emporis.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- "GE US Global Operations Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- "SkyHouse Cincinnati". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- "Plans for SkyHouse Cincinnati luxury apartment complex on the banks of the Ohio River have been scrapped". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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