List of tallest buildings in Baltimore facts for kids

Baltimore is a big city in the United States, and it has many tall buildings! This article will tell you about the tallest ones, like skyscrapers and high-rises.

The very tallest building in Baltimore is the Transamerica Tower. It has 40 floors and is about 529 feet (161 meters) tall. It was finished in 1973. This tower is not only the tallest in Baltimore, but it's also the tallest building in the entire state of Maryland!

History of Baltimore's Tall Buildings

The story of tall buildings in Baltimore began a long time ago.

Early Skyscrapers (Late 1800s)

The first really tall building, called a skyscraper, in Baltimore was the Equitable Building. It was built in 1889. This building was special because it used a new way of building with a steel frame, like a skeleton, and stone panels hung on the outside. This was a new idea from architects in Chicago.

Soon after, in 1893, the Fidelity Building was built. It started with eight floors, but later, more floors were added, making it 15 stories tall. It reached about 220 feet (67 meters), becoming the first building in Baltimore to be over 200 feet tall!

Building Booms and Rebuilding (Early 1900s)

Baltimore had a lot of new tall buildings built from the late 1890s until a big fire in 1904. This fire, called the Great Baltimore Fire, burned the insides of many new "fire-proof" skyscrapers. But luckily, their strong steel frames and outside walls were okay. So, most of them were rebuilt in the next five years.

More tall buildings were constructed from the 1910s to the late 1920s. One important building from this time is the Baltimore Trust Company Tower, which is now known as the Bank of America Building.

Modern Growth (1960s-1990s)

After the Great Depression in the 1930s and World War II, not many skyscrapers were built for a while. But in the 1960s, Baltimore started a big building boom! This was because of new plans to improve the city, like the Charles Center project and the famous "Inner Harbor" area.

During this time, from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, 18 of the city's 24 tallest buildings were finished. This included the Transamerica Tower in 1973 and the unique five-sided Baltimore World Trade Center in 1977.

Today, Baltimore has 193 completed tall buildings. Four of them are at least 492 feet (150 meters) high. The newest tall building is 414 Light Street, which opened in 2018. It is 500 feet (152.4 meters) tall with 44 floors, making it the tallest home-only building in Maryland.

Baltimore's Tallest Buildings Today

This list shows the tallest buildings in Baltimore that are at least 220 feet (67 meters) tall. Height includes spires and decorations, but not antennas. If buildings have the same height, they share a rank. The "Year" is when the building was finished.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Interesting Facts
1	Transamerica Tower		529 (161)	40	1973	This has been the tallest building in Baltimore and Maryland since 1973.
2	Bank of America Building (10 Light Street)		509 (155)	37	1924	This was the tallest building built in Baltimore in the 1920s.
3	414 Light Street		500 (152.4)	44	2018	This building is mostly for homes. It's the tallest residential building in Maryland.
4	William Donald Schaefer Building		493 (150)	37	1992	This was the tallest building built in Baltimore in the 1990s.
5	Commerce Place		454 (138)	31	1992
6	Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel		430 (131)	32	2001
7	100 East Pratt Street		418 (128)	28	1992
8	Baltimore World Trade Center		405 (123)	32	1977	This is the tallest regular five-sided building in the world!
9	Tremont Plaza Hotel		395 (120)	37	1967	This was the tallest building built in Baltimore in the 1960s. It's now called Embassy Suites by Hilton.
10	Charles Towers South Apartments		385 (117)	30	1969
11	1 Light Street		364 (111)	28	2018
12=	Blaustein Building		360 (110)	30	1962
12=	250 West Pratt Street		360 (110)	24	1986	This was the tallest building built in Baltimore in the 1980s.
14	Towers at Harbor Court		356 (109)	28	1987
15	Four Seasons Hotel and Residences		352 (107)	28	2016
16=	St. Paul Plaza		350 (107)	25	1989
16=	Exelon Tower		350 (107)	20	2016
16=	201 North Charles Street Building		350 (107)	28	1967
16=	Charles Towers North Apartments		350 (107)	27	1967	Also known as Eight Charles Center.
16=	Legg Mason Tower		350 (107)	24	2009	This was the tallest building built in Baltimore in the 2000s.
21	The Gallery at Harborplace		346 (106)	28	1988
22	414 Water Street		344 (105)	33	2008
23	HarborView Condominium		343 (104)	29	1993	Also known as Harborview Tower.
24=	Charles Center South		330 (101)	25	1975
24=	Wells Fargo Tower		330 (101)	24	1985	This building has had a few different names over the years.
26	Redwood Tower		323 (98)	23	1987
27=	Mercantile Deposit and Trust		315 (96)	21	1969
27=	M&T Bank Building		315 (96)	22	1972	Also known as the First Maryland Building.
29	Silo Point		310 (94)	24	1923
30	Vue Harbor East		306 (93)	30	2007
31	Mary Catherine Bunting Building, Mercy Medical Center		302 (92)	18	2010
32	Constellation Energy Building		293 (89)	21	1916
33	Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower		289 (88)	15	1911
34=	Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor		280 (85)	27	1967
34=	Liberty Harbor East		280 (85)	20	2017
36	Mercy Medical Center Inpatient Tower		276 (84)	20	1963
37	750 East Pratt Street		272 (83)	18	2002
38	Avalon 555 President		271 (83)	24	2020
39	Park Charles		270 (82)	25	1985
40	One Charles Center		269 (82)	25	1963
41	First National Bank Building		254 (77)	20	1924
42	One Calvert Plaza		249 (76)	16	1901
43	Standard Oil Building		233 (71)	15	1922
44	John and Frances Angelos Law Center		231 (70)	12	2013
45	Hilton Baltimore		224 (68)	20	2008
46	Fidelity Building		220 (67)	15	1893

Tall Buildings Being Built or Planned

This section lists buildings that are either being built right now or are planned to be built in Baltimore. They are expected to be at least 300 feet (91 meters) tall.

Timeline of Baltimore's Tallest Buildings

This list shows which buildings were the tallest in Baltimore over time.

The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower was the tallest building in Baltimore from 1911 until 1923.

Images for kids

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  Skyline of Baltimore (2022)

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Edificios más altos de Baltimore para niños