List of tallest buildings in Rhode Island facts for kids

The skyline of Providence as viewed from across the Providence River

A comparison of selected buildings in Providence

The U.S. state of Rhode Island is home to 27 buildings over 175 feet (53 m) in height. Five of these buildings are taller than 300 feet (91 m), all of which are located in the state's capital and largest city, Providence.

The tallest skyscraper in the city and state is the Industrial National Bank Building at 111 Westminster Street in Downtown Providence, which rises 26 floors and 428 feet (130 m). The Industrial National Bank Building, nicknamed the "Superman Building" due to its resemblance to the fictional Daily Planet building from the 1950s TV series, Adventures of Superman, is also the sixth-tallest building in New England outside of Boston. The second-tallest building in Providence is One Financial Plaza, which rises 30 floors and 410 feet (125 m) and was completed in 1973.

As one of the early manufacturing centers in the United States, many of Providence's tallest buildings were constructed prior to 1930; among these are the Industrial National Bank Building, Turk's Head Building, and Bannigan Building. The city went through a second building boom in the 1970s, during which One Financial Plaza and Textron Tower, the city's second and fifth-tallest buildings, were completed. In the 1990s and 2000s, the city again experienced a construction boom. Dubbed the Providence "Renaissance," this period saw the construction of four of the cities ten tallest buildings.

Tallest buildings
Tallest proposed
Tallest demolished
Timeline of tallest buildings
See also

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Rhode Island structures based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which the building was completed.

Rank	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Location	Use	Notes
01.01	Industrial National Bank Building	428 (130)	26	1928	Providence 41°49′28.27″N 71°24′39.89″W / 41.8245194°N 71.4110806°W / 41.8245194; -71.4110806	Vacant	The Industrial National Bank Building has been the tallest building in the city and the state since its completion in 1928 The structure has been vacant since 2013 Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1920s
02.02	One Financial Plaza	410 (125)	30	1973	Providence 41°49′31.11″N 71°24′36.14″W / 41.8253083°N 71.4100389°W / 41.8253083; -71.4100389 (One Financial Plaza)	Office	Built as the Hospital Trust Tower Also known as Sovereign Bank Tower Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1970s
03.03	The Residences Providence	380 (116)	31	2007	Providence 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)	Residential	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 2000s
04.04	Omni Providence Hotel	329 (100)	25	1993	Providence 41°49′31.15″N 71°24′58.5″W / 41.8253194°N 71.416250°W / 41.8253194; -71.416250 (The Westin Providence)	Hotel	Formerly the Westin Providence Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1990s Became the tallest hotel in Providence upon its completion, surpassing the Providence Biltmore
N/A	Manchester Street Generating Station	321 (98)		1996	Providence 41°48′57″N 71°24′16″W / 41.815829°N 71.404329°W / 41.815829; -71.404329	Power station	The smokestacks of the Manchester Street Generating Station rise to a height of 321 feet
05.05	Textron Tower	311 (95)	23	1971-72	Providence 41°49′29.63″N 71°24′33.05″W / 41.8248972°N 71.4091806°W / 41.8248972; -71.4091806 (Textron Tower)	Office	Built as Old Stone Tower
06.06	50 Kennedy Plaza	285 (87)	20	1985	Providence 41°49′29.8″N 71°24′38.09″W / 41.824944°N 71.4105806°W / 41.824944; -71.4105806 (50 Kennedy Plaza)	Office	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1980s
07.07	Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Headquarters	236 (72)	14	2009	Providence 41°49′40.2672″N 71°24′48.261″W / 41.827852000°N 71.41340583°W / 41.827852000; -71.41340583	Office
08.08	Waterplace 1	236 (72)	19	2008	Providence 41°49′38.44″N 71°24′45.098″W / 41.8273444°N 71.41252722°W / 41.8273444; -71.41252722 (Waterplace 1)	Residential
09.09	Rhode Island State House	223 (68)	4	1904	Providence 41°49′51.1032″N 71°24′54.053″W / 41.830862000°N 71.41501472°W / 41.830862000; -71.41501472 (Rhode Island State House)	Governmental	Was the tallest building in Providence before being surpassed by the Industrial National Bank Building. Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1900s
10=	Biltmore Hotel	220 (67)	18	1922	Providence 41°49′27.73″N 71°24′48.4″W / 41.8243694°N 71.413444°W / 41.8243694; -71.413444 (Biltmore Hotel)	Hotel	Tallest hotel in the city from 1922 until the completion of the Westin Providence in 1993
10=	The Tower at Carnegie Abbey	220 (67)	17	2009	Portsmouth 41°36′58.3″N 71°16′10.8″W / 41.616194°N 71.269667°W / 41.616194; -71.269667	Residential	Tallest building in Newport County and outside of Providence
12	Providence County Courthouse	217 (66)	7	1930	Providence 41°49′31.76″N 71°24′24.84″W / 41.8254889°N 71.4069000°W / 41.8254889; -71.4069000 (Providence County Courthouse)	Governmental	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1930s
13	Turk's Head Building	217 (66)	16	1913	Providence 41°49′28.42″N 71°24′35.5″W / 41.8245611°N 71.409861°W / 41.8245611; -71.409861 (Turk's Head Building)	Office	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1910s
14	Waterplace 2	210 (64)	17	2008	Providence 41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W / 41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W / 41.8272833; -71.4133472 (Waterplace 2)	Residential
15	Pawtucket City Hall	209 (64)	3	1933	Pawtucket 41°52′44.2″N 71°22′55.8″W / 41.878944°N 71.382167°W / 41.878944; -71.382167	Governmental	Tallest building in Pawtucket
16	Grace Church	~206 (63)	1	1860	Providence 41°49′19″N 71°24′49″W / 41.82183°N 71.413507°W / 41.82183; -71.413507 (Grace Church)	Church	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 19th century
17=	Carrol Tower	199 (61)	16	1973	Providence 41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W / 41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W / 41.8272833; -71.4133472 (Waterplace 2)	Residential	Twin tower of Parenti Villa
17=	Parenti Villa	199 (61)	16	1973	Providence 41°49′11.6″N 71°26′10.0″W / 41.819889°N 71.436111°W / 41.819889; -71.436111 (Waterplace 2)	Residential	Twin tower of Carrol Tower.
19	Towers East	194 (59)	16	1976	Pawtucket 41°52′33″N 71°23′09″W / 41.875806°N 71.385755°W / 41.875806; -71.385755 (Slater Hill)	Residential
20	First Unitarian Church of Providence	189 (58)		1816	Providence 41°49′28″N 71°24′18″W / 41.824381°N 71.404901°W / 41.824381; -71.404901 (First Unitarian Church)	Church
21	Charlesgate North	187 (57)	15	1970	Providence 41°50′19.6902″N 71°24′35.2368″W / 41.838802833°N 71.409788000°W / 41.838802833; -71.409788000 (Waterplace 2)	Residential
22	First Baptist Church	185 (56)		1775	Providence 41°49′39″N 71°24′30″W / 41.827476°N 71.408292°W / 41.827476; -71.408292 (First Baptist Church)	Church	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 18th century
23	Fogarty Manor	182 (55)		1969	Pawtucket 41°52′50″N 71°22′59″W / 41.880481°N 71.38316°W / 41.880481; -71.38316 (Slater Hill)	Residential	Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1960s
24=	One Citizens Plaza	180 (55)	13	1990	Providence 41°49′38.4558″N 71°24′38.2926″W / 41.827348833°N 71.410636833°W / 41.827348833; -71.410636833 (One Citizens Plaza)	Office
24=	Brown University Sciences Library	180 (55)	15	1971	Providence 41°49′36.85″N 71°24′0.49″W / 41.8269028°N 71.4001361°W / 41.8269028; -71.4001361 (Brown University Sciences Library)	University	With its former antenna mast included, the building reached a total height of 395 feet (120 m), more than doubling its effective height and making it the third-tallest building in the city when measuring by pinnacle height.
26	121 South Main Street	178 (54)	11	1984	Providence 41°49′27″N 71°24′25″W / 41.824074°N 71.407019°W / 41.824074; -71.407019 (121 South Main Street)	University	Designed as the corporate headquarters of the Old Stone Bank Today owned and used by Brown University
27	Hospital Trust Building	177 (54)	13	1920	Providence 41°49′32.38″N 71°24′34.83″W / 41.8256611°N 71.4096750°W / 41.8256611; -71.4096750 (Hospital Trust Building)	University	Also known as the Fleet Building Currently owned by the Rhode Island School of Design and used as a residence hall
28	Sister Dominica Manor	175 (53)	16	1966	Providence 41°49′21.84″N 71°25′16.69″W / 41.8227333°N 71.4213028°W / 41.8227333; -71.4213028 (Sister Dominica Manor)	Residential	Built as the Bradford House
29	Hilton Providence Hotel	~173 (53)	14	1969	Providence 41°49′23″N 71°25′07″W / 41.822989°N 71.418550°W / 41.822989; -71.418550 (Hilton Providence)	Hotel	Built as the Holiday Inn
30	Edge College Hill	172 (52)	15	2018	Providence 41°49′40″N 71°24′36″W / 41.827908°N 71.410074°W / 41.827908; -71.410074 (Edge College Hill)	Residential	169 Canal St. Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 2010s
31	Slater Hill Apartments	170 (52)	14		Pawtucket 41°52′29″N 71°23′10″W / 41.874726°N 71.386038°W / 41.874726; -71.386038 (Slater Hill)	Residential
32	One Regency Plaza	~161	13	1973		Residential
33	Bannigan Building	~160 (49)	11	1896	Providence 41°49′29″N 71°24′33″W / 41.824679°N 71.409209°W / 41.824679; -71.409209 (Bannigan Building)	Office
34	Union Trust Company Building	~157 (48)	12	1902	Providence 41°49′25″N 71°24′41″W / 41.823685°N 71.411350°W / 41.823685; -71.411350 (Union Trust Company Building)	Office
35	Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul	156 (48)		1889	Providence 41°49′09″N 71°24′59″W / 41.819282°N 71.416506°W / 41.819282; -71.416506 (Union Trust Company Building)	Church

Tallest proposed

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Status	Location	Notes
Hope Point Tower	550 (168)	46	Never built	Jewelry District, Providence	Originally proposed as three separate towers The approved design includes a single tower with six stories of ground level retail and parking If constructed, the building would be the tallest in the state
Edge College Hill II	187 (57)	15	Proposed	College Hill, Providence	First proposed in 2017
137-151 Friendship St.	120 (37)	12	Proposed	Jewelry District, Providence	First proposed in 2021
151 Chestnut St.	112 (34)	9	In approval	Jewelry District, Providence	If built, the structure would be the city's first residential structure to use modular construction

Tallest demolished

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Built	Destroyed	Location	Use	Notes
Hartford Park		10	1951	01.0 1989	Providence	Residential	Residential high rise constructed by the Providence Housing Authority Original attempt to implode the building failed.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This table lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Rhode Island. Since the completion of the First Baptist Church in America, all structures to hold the title have been located in Providence.

Name	Location	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors	Coordinates
Trinity Church	Newport	c. 1750–1775	~150 (46)		41°29′14″N 71°18′48″W / 41.48732°N 71.31328°W / 41.48732; -71.31328 (Trinity Church)
First Baptist Church	Providence	1775–1816	185 (56)		41°49′39″N 71°24′30″W / 41.827476°N 71.408292°W / 41.827476; -71.408292
First Unitarian Church of Providence	Providence	1816–1816	189 (58)
Grace Church	Providence	1860–1904	~206 (63)		41°49′19″N 71°24′49″W / 41.82208°N 71.41365°W / 41.82208; -71.41365 (Grace Church)
Rhode Island State House	Providence	1904–1927	223 (68)	4	41°49′51.08″N 71°24′53.87″W / 41.8308556°N 71.4149639°W / 41.8308556; -71.4149639 (Rhode Island State House)
Industrial National Bank Building	Providence	1927–present	428 (130)	26	41°49′28.27″N 71°24′39.89″W / 41.8245194°N 71.4110806°W / 41.8245194; -71.4110806 (Industrial National Bank Building)

List of tallest buildings in Rhode Island facts for kids

Contents

Tallest buildings

Tallest proposed

Tallest demolished

Timeline of tallest buildings

See also