List of tallest buildings in Iowa facts for kids

Skyline of Des Moines

This article is all about the tallest buildings in Iowa. You'll learn about the biggest and highest buildings, also known as skyscrapers, that are already built or are planned for the future in this US state.

Iowa's Tallest Buildings

This list shows the tallest buildings in Iowa that are already built. It ranks them from the highest to the lowest.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year Built	City
1	801 Grand		630 (192)	45	1991	Des Moines
2	Ruan Center		460 (140)	36	1975	Des Moines
3	Des Moines Marriott Hotel		365 (111)	33	1981	Des Moines
4	Financial Center		345 (105)	25	1973	Des Moines
5	Plaza Building		340 (104)	25	1985	Des Moines
T6	HUB Tower		325 (99)	25	1986	Des Moines
T6	EMC Insurance Building		325 (99)	19	1997	Des Moines
8	Equitable Building		318 (97)	19	1924	Des Moines
9	Alliant Tower		285 (87)	21	1972	Cedar Rapids	This is the tallest building outside of Des Moines.
10	Iowa State Capitol		275 (84)	4	1884	Des Moines
11	CenturyLink Complex		273 (83)	15	1928	Des Moines
12	Davenport Bank and Trust		255 (77)	19	1927	Davenport	This is the tallest building outside of Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
13	Register and Tribune Building		243 (74)	14	1916	Des Moines
14	Cedar River Tower		237 (72)	25	1974	Cedar Rapids
15	MidAmerican Building		220 (67)	15	1995	Davenport
16	Plaza 425		207 (63)	14	1983	Cedar Rapids
17	Dubuque County Courthouse		205 (62)	5	1893	Dubuque
18	The Chauncey		191 (58)	15	2019	Iowa City
19T	Des Moines Building		190 (58)	14	1930	Des Moines
19T	Quaker Oats Plant		190 (58)	13	1927	Cedar Rapids
21	OpenLoop Tower		186 (57)	14	1966	Des Moines
22	Two Ruan Center		185 (56)	14	1982	Des Moines
23	CRST Tower		180 (54)	11	2017	Cedar Rapids
24	Veterans Memorial Building		175 (53)	10	1927	Cedar Rapids
25T	Liberty Building		174 (53)	12	1923	Des Moines
25T	Fleming Building		174 (53)	11	1909	Des Moines
27T	Hippee Building		172 (52)	12	1913	Des Moines
27T	Davis Brown Tower		172 (52)	13	2008	Des Moines
29	Badgerow Building		169 (52)	12	1933	Sioux City
30	US Bank Building		166 (50)	12	1926	Cedar Rapids
31	Polk County Courthouse		160 (48)	4	1906	Des Moines
32	Hubbell Building		150 (45)	10	1913	Des Moines

Note: This list does not include church steeples.

Future Tall Buildings in Iowa

Here are some tall buildings that are currently being planned or built in Iowa.

Timeline of Iowa's Tallest Buildings

This table shows which building held the title of "tallest in Iowa" over the years.

Tall Buildings Before 1884

Before the Iowa State Capitol was built in 1884, there wasn't a clear record of the tallest buildings in Iowa. This section lists some buildings that were likely the tallest before that time, not including church steeples.

Ladies' College Building in Davenport, Iowa, built in 1856. It later became Mount Ida Female College.

Mount Ida Female College in 1858, after a dome was added.

Other tall buildings from early Iowa history include:

• Mount Ida Female College in Davenport, Iowa, built in 1856. This was one of the first four-story buildings. It later had a tall dome added, which might have made it as tall as the Old Capitol.
• Fort Madison, built in 1808. This was probably where the first two-story buildings in what would become Iowa were located.