List of tallest buildings in Rhode Island facts for kids

41°49′28.27″N 71°24′39.89″W / 41.8245194°N 71.4110806°W / 41.8245194; -71.4110806 (:Industrial National Bank Building)

• This building has been the tallest in Providence and Rhode Island since 1928.
• It has been empty since 2013.
• It is the tallest building in Rhode Island built in the 1920s.

41°49′31.11″N 71°24′36.14″W / 41.8253083°N 71.4100389°W / 41.8253083; -71.4100389 (One Financial Plaza)

• It was first called the Hospital Trust Tower.
• It is also known as Sovereign Bank Tower.
• This is the tallest building in Rhode Island built in the 1970s.

41°49′30.32″N 71°24′54.77″W / 41.8250889°N 71.4152139°W / 41.8250889; -71.4152139 (The Residences at the Westin)

41°49′31.15″N 71°24′58.5″W / 41.8253194°N 71.416250°W / 41.8253194; -71.416250 (The Westin Providence)

• It used to be called the Westin Providence.
• It became the tallest hotel in Providence when it was finished.
• It is the tallest building in Rhode Island built in the 1990s.

41°48′57″N 71°24′16″W / 41.815829°N 71.404329°W / 41.815829; -71.404329 (Manchester Street Generating Station)

• The smokestacks of this power station are 321 feet tall.

41°49′29.63″N 71°24′33.05″W / 41.8248972°N 71.4091806°W / 41.8248972; -71.4091806 (Textron Tower)

• It was first known as Old Stone Tower.

41°49′29.8″N 71°24′38.09″W / 41.824944°N 71.4105806°W / 41.824944; -71.4105806 (50 Kennedy Plaza)

41°49′40.2672″N 71°24′48.261″W / 41.827852000°N 71.41340583°W / 41.827852000; -71.41340583 (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Headquarters)

41°49′38.44″N 71°24′45.098″W / 41.8273444°N 71.41252722°W / 41.8273444; -71.41252722 (Waterplace 1)

41°49′51.1032″N 71°24′54.053″W / 41.830862000°N 71.41501472°W / 41.830862000; -71.41501472 (Rhode Island State House)

• It was the tallest building in Providence before the Industrial National Bank Building.
• This is the tallest building in Rhode Island built in the 1900s.

41°49′27.73″N 71°24′48.4″W / 41.8243694°N 71.413444°W / 41.8243694; -71.413444 (Biltmore Hotel)

• It was the tallest hotel in the city from 1922 until the Westin Providence was built in 1993.

41°36′58.3″N 71°16′10.8″W / 41.616194°N 71.269667°W / 41.616194; -71.269667

• This is the tallest building in Newport County.
• It is also the tallest building outside of Providence.

41°49′31.76″N 71°24′24.84″W / 41.8254889°N 71.4069000°W / 41.8254889; -71.4069000 (Providence County Courthouse)

41°49′28.42″N 71°24′35.5″W / 41.8245611°N 71.409861°W / 41.8245611; -71.409861 (Turk's Head Building)

41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W / 41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W / 41.8272833; -71.4133472 (Waterplace 2)

41°52′44.2″N 71°22′55.8″W / 41.878944°N 71.382167°W / 41.878944; -71.382167

• This is the tallest building in Pawtucket.

41°49′19″N 71°24′49″W / 41.82183°N 71.413507°W / 41.82183; -71.413507 (Grace Church)

41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W / 41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W / 41.8272833; -71.4133472 (Waterplace 2)

• This is a twin tower to Parenti Villa.

41°49′11.6″N 71°26′10.0″W / 41.819889°N 71.436111°W / 41.819889; -71.436111 (Waterplace 2)

• This is a twin tower to Carrol Tower.

41°52′33″N 71°23′09″W / 41.875806°N 71.385755°W / 41.875806; -71.385755 (Slater Hill)

41°49′28″N 71°24′18″W / 41.824381°N 71.404901°W / 41.824381; -71.404901 (First Unitarian Church)

41°50′19.6902″N 71°24′35.2368″W / 41.838802833°N 71.409788000°W / 41.838802833; -71.409788000 (Waterplace 2)

41°49′39″N 71°24′30″W / 41.827476°N 71.408292°W / 41.827476; -71.408292 (First Baptist Church)

41°52′50″N 71°22′59″W / 41.880481°N 71.38316°W / 41.880481; -71.38316 (Slater Hill)

41°49′38.4558″N 71°24′38.2926″W / 41.827348833°N 71.410636833°W / 41.827348833; -71.410636833 (One Citizens Plaza)

41°49′36.85″N 71°24′0.49″W / 41.8269028°N 71.4001361°W / 41.8269028; -71.4001361 (Brown University Sciences Library)

• If its old antenna was included, it would have been 395 feet (120 meters) tall.
• This would have made it the third-tallest building in the city.

41°49′27″N 71°24′25″W / 41.824074°N 71.407019°W / 41.824074; -71.407019 (121 South Main Street)

• It was built as the main office for the Old Stone Bank.
• Today, Brown University owns and uses it.

41°49′32.38″N 71°24′34.83″W / 41.8256611°N 71.4096750°W / 41.8256611; -71.4096750 (Hospital Trust Building)

• It is also known as the Fleet Building.
• The Rhode Island School of Design now owns it and uses it as a dorm.

41°49′21.84″N 71°25′16.69″W / 41.8227333°N 71.4213028°W / 41.8227333; -71.4213028 (Sister Dominica Manor)

• It was first built as the Bradford House.

41°49′23″N 71°25′07″W / 41.822989°N 71.418550°W / 41.822989; -71.418550 (Hilton Providence)

• It was built as a Holiday Inn.

41°49′40″N 71°24′36″W / 41.827908°N 71.410074°W / 41.827908; -71.410074 (Edge College Hill)

• Located at 169 Canal St.
• This is the tallest building in Rhode Island built in the 2010s.

41°52′29″N 71°23′10″W / 41.874726°N 71.386038°W / 41.874726; -71.386038 (Slater Hill)

41°49′29″N 71°24′33″W / 41.824679°N 71.409209°W / 41.824679; -71.409209 (Bannigan Building)

41°49′25″N 71°24′41″W / 41.823685°N 71.411350°W / 41.823685; -71.411350 (Union Trust Company Building)

41°49′09″N 71°24′59″W / 41.819282°N 71.416506°W / 41.819282; -71.416506 (Union Trust Company Building)

• This building was first planned as three separate towers.
• The approved plan is for one tower with six floors of shops and parking.
• If built, it would be the tallest building in Rhode Island.

• This building was first suggested in 2017.

• This project was first suggested in 2021.

• If built, this would be the city's first home built using modular construction.

• This was a tall apartment building built by the Providence Housing Authority.
• The first attempt to tear it down with explosives did not work.