List of tallest buildings in Jacksonville Facts for Kids

Jacksonville skyline

Jacksonville skyline at night

This list of tallest buildings in Jacksonville ranks by height the skyscrapers and high-rises in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The tallest building in Jacksonville is the Bank of America Tower, which is 617 feet (188 m) tall.

Tallest buildings

The Bank of America Tower, the tallest building in Jacksonville

The Wells Fargo Center, the tallest skyscraper in Jacksonville from 1974 to 1990

Riverplace Tower, the tallest skyscraper in Jacksonville from 1967 to 1974

This list ranks Jacksonville skyscrapers that stand at least 162 feet (50 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on height at time of inclusion.

Rank	Name	Street Address	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Bank of America Tower	50 North Laura Street	617 / 188	42	1990	Formerly known as the Barnett Center. Tallest building in Jacksonville since 1990. Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1990s.
2	Wells Fargo Center	1 Independent Drive	535 / 163	37	1974	Formerly known as the Independent Life Building and the Modis Building; tallest building in Jacksonville from 1974 to 1990 and the tallest building in Florida from 1974 to 1981 when the One Tampa City Center was built. Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
3	TIAA Bank Center	301 West Bay Street	447 / 136	32	1983	Formerly known as the BellSouth (Southern Bell) Tower and the AT&T Tower Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
4	The Peninsula at St. Johns Center	1401 Riverplace Boulevard	437 / 133	36	2006	Tallest residential building in Jacksonville. Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
5	Riverplace Tower	1301 Riverplace Boulevard	432 / 132	28	1967	Formerly known as the Gulf Life Tower. Was the world's tallest precast, post-tensioned concrete structure until 2002. Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1960s. Tallest building in Jacksonville from 1967 to 1974.
6	VyStar Tower	76 South Laura Street	357 / 109	24	1989	Formerly known as Jacksonville Center and Suntrust Tower. 2nd Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
7	The Strand at St. Johns Center	1401 Riverplace Boulevard	328 / 100	28	2006	2nd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
8	Aetna Building	841 Prudential Drive	309 / 94	22	1954	Previously known as the Prudential Building. Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1950s.
9	Two Prudential Plaza	San Marco Boulevard	305 / 93	21	1985	3rd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
10	One Enterprise Center	225 Water Street	299 / 91	21	1986	Previously known as the Wells Fargo Tower, Wachovia Tower, First Union Bank Tower, and Florida National Bank Building. 4th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield Building	532 Riverside Avenue	287 / 88	19	1971	2nd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
12	BB&T Building	200 West Forsyth Street	278 / 85	18	1974	Tallest BB&T in Jacksonville. 3rd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
13	John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse	300 North Hogan Street	277 / 85	15	2002	3rd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
16	JEA Tower	21 West Church Street	268 / 82	19	1963	Originally known as the Universal-Marion Building
17	JEA Office Building	233 West Duval Street	260 / 79	18	1955	Originally the Independent Life Office Building
18	CSX Transportation Building	500 Water Street	253 / 77	17	1960	2nd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1960s.
19	Berkman Plaza I	400 East Bay Street	250 / 76	23	2003	4th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
20	San Marco Place	1300 Riverplace Boulevard	246 / 75	21	2006	5th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
21	Baptist Medical Pavilion	800 Prudential Drive	230 / 70	18	1986	5th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
22	Barnett National Bank Building	112 West Adams Street	223 / 68	18	1926	Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1920s.
23	Hyatt Regency Jacksonville	225 Coast Line Drive East	216 / 66	18	2001	Formerly known as the Adams Mark Hotel. 6th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
24	FIS World Headquarters	323 Riverside Avenue	212/ 65	12	2023	Tallest Building constructed in the 2020s
25	11 East Forsyth	11 East Forsyth Street	200 / 61	17	1926	2nd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1920s. Formerly the American Heritage Life Insurance Building and, originally, the Lynch Building.
26	Omni Jacksonville Hotel	245 Water Street	190 / 58	16	1987	6th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
27	Cathedral Terrace	701 North Ocean Street	190 / 58	21	1974	4th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
28	Mount Carmel Garden Apartments	5846 Mount Carmel Terrace	190 / 58	17	1972	5th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
29	Cathedral Townhouse	501 North Ocean Street	186 / 57	18	1970	6th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
30	Riverside Presbyterian Apartments	1045 Oak Street	183 / 56	18	1973	7th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1970s.
31	550 Water Street	550 Water Street	180 / 55	14	1982	7th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1980s.
32	Fidelity National Financial Tower 2	601 Riverside Avenue	180 / 55	13	2007	7th tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 2000s.
33=	Cathedral Towers	601 North Newman Street	177 / 54	17	1968	3rd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1960s.
33=	Residences at City Place	311 West Ashley Street	177 / 54	17	1949	Originally St. John's Apartments, Ashley Tower Apartments, Tower Place. Tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1940s.
35	The Carling	33 West Adams Street	171 / 52	13	1926	Previously the Carling Hotel and the Hotel Roosevelt, site of Jacksonville's worst hotel fire. 2nd tallest building in Jacksonville constructed in the 1920s.

Timeline of tallest buildings in Jacksonville

This is a list of buildings that were the tallest in Jacksonville when they were built, beginning in the early 20th century, when the skyscraper boom began in Florida.

Years tallest	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Notes
1902–1909	Dyal-Upchurch Building	82 / 25	6	Built after the Great Fire of 1901. The tallest building in Florida until 1909.
1909–1912	121 Atlantic Place	135 / 41	10	The tallest building in Florida until 1912.
1912–1913	Florida Life Building	148 / 45	11	Part of the Laura Street Trio. The tallest building in Florida until 1913.
1913–1926	Heard National Bank Building	180 / 55	15	The tallest building in Florida until 1925. It is the only one of Jacksonville's and Florida's tallest buildings since 1902 to have been demolished. It was torn down in 1981; the Bank of America Tower now stands on the site.
1926–1954	Barnett National Bank Building	224 / 68	18
1954–1967	Aetna Building	309 / 94	22	Originally the Prudential Insurance Building. Aetna is slated to move to the suburbs in August, 2017.
1967–1974	Riverplace Tower	417 / 127	28	Tallest building in Florida until 1972.
1974–1990	Wells Fargo Center	535 / 163	37	Formerly known as the Independent Life Building and the Modis Building. Tallest building in Florida until 1981, and the last of the tallest to be in Jacksonville.
1990–present	Bank of America Tower	617 / 188	42	Jacksonville's current tallest building

List of tallest buildings in Jacksonville facts for kids

Tallest buildings

Timeline of tallest buildings in Jacksonville

See also