This is a list of tallest buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
This list ranks Cincinnati skyscrapers and high-rises that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great American Tower at Queen City Square | 
|
665 (203) | 41 | 2011 | 301 East 4th Street |
The 3rd-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building in Cincinnati. Tallest building constructed in Cincinnati in the 2010s. |
| 2 | Carew Tower | 
|
574 (175) | 49 | 1931 | 35 West 5th Street |
The 6th-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building constructed in Cincinnati in the 1930s.[1] |
| 3 | Fourth and Vine Tower | 
|
495 (151) | 31 | 1913 | 1 West 4th Street |
The 12th-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building constructed in Cincinnati in the 1910s.[2] When completed was the fifth-tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in the world outside of New York City and Philadelphia. |
| 4 | Scripps Center | 
|
468 (143) | 36 | 1990 | 312 Walnut Street |
The 14th-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1990s. |
| 5 | Fifth Third Center | 
|
423 (129) | 32 | 1969 | 511 Walnut Street |
The 21st-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1960s. Headquarters of Fifth Third Bank. |
| 6 | Center at 600 Vine | 
|
418 (127) | 30 | 1984 | 600 Vine Street |
The 24th-tallest building in Ohio and the tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1980s. |
| 7 | First Financial Center | 
|
410 (125) | 32 | 1992 | 255 East 5th Street |
The 26th-tallest building in Ohio. Headquarters of First Financial Bank, Roto-Rooter, and Chemed. |
| 8 | Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza | 
|
372 (113) | 31 | 1931 | 35 West 5th Street |
The 35th-tallest building in Ohio. |
| 9 | Columbia Plaza | 
|
368 (112) | 29 | 1984 | 250 East 5th Street |
The 36th-tallest building in Ohio. Former headquarters of Chiquita. |
| 10 | PNC Center | 
|
354 (108) | 27 | 1979 | 201 East 5th Street |
Tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1970s. |
| 11 | Atrium Two | 
|
351 (107) | 28 | 1984 | 221 East 4th Street | |
| US Bank Tower (Cincinnati) | 
|
351 (107) | 26 | 1981 | 425 Walnut Street | ||
| 13 | 36 East Seventh |
|
322 (99) | 26 | 1989 | 36 East 7th Street |
Discrepancies exist about the building's height. An Emporis estimate[3] lists the height as 349.86 feet, while another source[4] suggests that the building is 322 feet tall, and LiDAR measurements[5] indicate 323 feet. |
| Edgecliff Point |
|
322 (99) | 24 | 1990 | 1201 Edgecliff Point |
InEast Walnut Hills. Not to be confused with The Edgecliff, a 231-foot structure residing nearby. | |
| 15 | Kroger Building | 
|
320 (98) | 25 | 1954 | 1014 Vine Street |
Headquarters of The Kroger Company. |
| 16 | Macy's Building | 
|
317 (97) | 21 | 1978 | 7 7th Street |
Former Macy's headquarters. |
| 17 | Enquirer Building | 
|
312 (95) | 25 | 1992 | 312 Elm Street | |
| 18 | 525 Vine Center | 
|
309 (95) | 23 | 1985 | 525 Vine Street | |
| 19 | Terrace Plaza Hotel | 
|
272 (83) | 19 | 1949 | 15 West 6th Street | |
| 20 | Duke Energy Building | 
|
269 (82) | 18 | 1929 | 139 East 4th Street |
Designed by Cincinnati architectural firm Garber & Woodward and John Russell Pope. |
| 21 | National City Tower (Cincinnati) | 
|
263 (80) | 20 | 1968 | 1 East 4th Street | |
| 22 | Hyatt Regency Cincinnati | 
|
260 (79) | 23 | 1984 | 151 West 5th Street | |
| 23 | Fourth & Walnut Center | 
|
255 (78) | 19 | 1904 | 105 East 4th Street |
Tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1900s. |
| The American Building | 
|
255 (78) | 18 | 1928 | 30 East Central Parkway | ||
| 25 | Bartlett Building | 
|
252 (77) | 19 | 1901 | 36 East 4th Street | |
| Atrium One | 
|
252 (77) | 20 | 1981 | 221 East 4th Street | ||
| 27 | Encore (Cincinnati) | 238 (73) | 17 | 2017 | 716 Sycamore Street |
Previously known as 8th & Sycamore.[6] | |
| 28 | The Edgecliff | 
|
231 (70) | 26 | 1960 | 2200 Victory Parkway |
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year (est.) |
Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convention Hotel | 300+ | 26 | 2026 | Approved |
These buildings have either been approved, awaiting construction, or proposed to rise at least 200 feet (61 m) tall.
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year (est.) |
Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Cincinnati Site Hotel | 250+ | 19 | 2026 | Proposed | ||
| FC Cincinnati Site Apartments | 180+ | 14 | 2026 | Proposed |
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Cincinnati.
| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett Building | 36 East 4th Street | 1901-1904 | 252 (77) | 19 | |
| Fourth & Walnut Center | 105 East 4th Street | 1904-1913 | 255 (78) | 19 | |
| Fourth and Vine Tower | 1 West 4th Street | 1913-1931 | 495 (151) | 31 | |
| Carew Tower | 35 West 5th Street | 1931-2010 | 574 (175) | 49 | |
| Great American Tower at Queen City Square | 301 East 4th Street | 2010-present | 665 (203) | 41 |
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