List of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City facts for kids

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The Wells Fargo Center is the tallest building in Salt Lake City

This list of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City, Utah by height. The tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Center, which rises 422 feet (129 m) and was completed in 1998.

Completed buildings

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Center		422 / 128.6	26	1998	Originally the American Stores Tower. 400' at roof level, has a total height of 422' (does not include antenna). Has two rooftop heliports.
2	LDS Church Office Building		420 / 128	28	1973	There is an observation deck on the 26th floor.
3	111 South Main		380 / 115.824	23	2016	The property, in addition to being an office building, houses the 2,468 seat Eccles Theater, which opened in 2016. Developer: City Creek Reserve, Inc.
4	99 West on South Temple		375 / 114.3	30	2010	The structure topped out in 2009 and completed in 2010. Opened in 2011. 99 West is the tallest residential tower in the City Creek Center and in Salt Lake City.
5	KeyBank Building (Salt Lake City)		351 / 107	27	1976	Previously the Beneficial Life Tower, renamed in 2008. Not to be mistaken with Key Bank Tower that was imploded in 2007.
6	One Utah Center		350 / 107	24	1991	420,000 sq. ft. class A office building at 201 S. Main St. Project was completed at a cost of $102 million.
7	Beneficial Financial Group Tower (Gateway Tower West)		335 / 102	20	1998	Originally the Gateway Tower West. Briefly renamed Beneficial Life Tower.
8	Grand America Hotel		328 / 100	24	2001	Salt Lake City's only AAA Five Diamond hotel. The main structure, not including the cupola or flagpole, is 249 feet. 328 feet with the cupola and flagpole, according to the hotel engineer. Tallest all-hotel building in the state. The hotel's façade is covered in 300,000 square feet of Vermont white granite. The interior has English all-wool carpets and Milanese and Venetian chandeliers.
9	American Tower North		324 / 99	26	1982	Along with the South Tower, ranked as Salt Lake City's tallest "twin" buildings
	American Tower South		324 / 99	26	1982
11	World Trade Center at City Creek		320 / 98	22	1986	Originally called the Eagle Gate Plaza and Eagle Gate Tower
12	222 South Main		315 / 96	22	2009	First 20+ story skyscraper completed since the Grand America Hotel in 2001, and also the home to one of the largest investment banking organizations in the United States, Goldman Sachs
13	Hilton Salt Lake City Center		296 / 90	18	1983
14	Utah State Capitol		285 / 87	5	1915	The building houses two of the three branches of Utah State government after the Supreme Court moved to the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in 1998. The building underwent major renovations between 2004 and 2008 in an effort to protect the building in the event of an earthquake. The building is now expected to withstand a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
15	Little America Hotel and Towers		280 / 85	17	1980
16	South Temple Tower		274 / 84	25	1966	Originally named the University Club Building.
17	Zions Bank Building (Gateway Tower East)		267 / 81	18	1962 (renovated in 2006)	Originally named the Kennecott Building, the Zion Bank Building was renovated in 2005–2006 and received a post-modern stone and glass façade updating its 1960s skin. Workers removed and recycled over 600,000 pounds of copper that once adorned the Kennecott Building during this renovation process.
18	The Regent (City Creek)		265 / 81	23	2011
19	Salt Lake City and County Building		256 / 78	5	1894	The National Park Services states that the central tower has a height of 239 feet in their Historic American Buildings Survey and a height of 303 feet in their National Register of Historic Places form topped with a cupola and a 12.5 foot statue of Columbia. City records say that the architects patterned the building after the old "Town Hall in London, England" which was a late Gothic reconstruction by Christopher Wren. Some local architects claim it is "Richardsonian Romanesque," named after H. H. Richardson (1838-1896) who started a Romanesque revival in architecture. The walls, made of rough-hewn Kyune sandstone, quarried in Summit County, are faced with brick on the inside and have a width of over five feet, which slowly tapers off with height.
20	HK Tower		231 / 70	14	1982
21	Red Lion Hotel		230 / 70	14	1970	Originally Tri-Arc Travelodge Hotel, then 1985-1987 as Radisson Tri-Arc Hotel. Sold in 1988.
22	Walker Center		220 / 67	16	1912	Originally called the Walker Bank Building, it was constructed for the Walker Brothers Bank. The tallest building in Salt Lake City when completed in 1912. A 90-foot radio tower was erected in 1947 for use by the KDYL radio and television station, the first television station in Utah. After a few years the station moved the television transmitters, but the tower remained and on each of the four sides were hung letters to spell out Walker, while Bank was around the perimeter of the top of the building's three-story tower.
23	Hotel Monaco		214 / 65	13	1924	Originally called the Continental Bank Building. Its design composition is narrow and vertical and combines a Second Renaissance Revival treatment of the bottom two floors with a strictly utilitarian treatment of the upper floors. The overall design reflects a period of eclecticism during which traditional and modern elements were often joined. Decorative elements include carved stone faces and cartouches, a classical cornice and an original exterior clock.
	Holiday Inn Express Salt Lake City Downtown		214 / 65	13		Originally, the Regal Inn, this property was renovated in 2015.
25	Salt Lake Temple		210 / 64	4	1893	Construction started in 1853 and took 40 years to complete. The 50 moonstones on the buttresses of the temple depict the phases of the moon throughout the year (e.g., April on the east side, October on the west side). Additionally, there are sunstones, earth stones, a depiction of the constellation Ursa Major, and cloud stones. Brigham Young instructed the temple architect, Truman O. Angell Sr., that "there will be three towers on the east, representing the President and his two counselors; also three similar towers on the west representing the Presiding Bishop and his two counselors; the towers on the east the Melchisedek priesthood, those on the west the Aaronic priesthood. The center towers will be higher than those on the sides, and the west towers a little lower than those on the east end. The body of the building will be between these." The dedicatory plaque on the temple's eastern middle tower reads "Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Commenced April 6, 1853. Completed April 6, 1893."
26	US Bank Tower (former Wells Fargo Plaza)		209 / 64	15	1984
	CenturyLink Building (former Qwest Building)		209 / 64	15	1980
	J.C. Penney Building		209 / 64	15	1973
29	Marriott City Center		198 / 60	13	2000
30	Broadway Centre		196 / 60	14	1992
	Parkside Tower		196 / 60	14	1984
32	First Security Building		192 / 59	14	1919	Originally called the Deseret National Bank Building (Deseret Building is carved into the façade). It was acquired by First Security Bank in 1932. It retains a "First Security" sign on the top of its façade.
33	Ken Garff Building		191 / 58	12	1955	Originally called the First Security Building. It's Utah's finest example of the modernist movement's International Style. The Ken Garff Building was a First Security Bank and Wells Fargo Bank building for a time. It was the first high-rise built in the city since the Hotel Monaco was completed in 1924.
34	Joseph Smith Memorial Building		182 / 55	13	1911	Originally the Hotel Utah. An example of "Neo-classical Revival" or the subtype "modern Italian Renaissance" as described by the architects.
	257 Towers Building		182 / 55	13	1986
36	185 South State		175 / 53	13	1982
37	50 West Broadway		168 / 51	12	1983	Recently housed Chase Bank. It now houses Broadway Media Group.
38	Boston Building		164 / 50	11	1908	With the Newhouse Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse and designed by Henry Ives Cobb.
	Newhouse Building		164 / 50	11	1909	Along with the Boston Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb.
40	Marriott Downtown at City Creek Hotel		163 / 50	16	1981
41	143 South Main (former Tribune Building)		145 / 44	10	1924
42	Kearns Building		144 / 43.9	10	1910	Built by mining businessman Thomas Kearns, this building is one of the finest examples of the Sullivanesque Style in the intermountain west. Designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom.
43	Deseret News Building		126 / 38	9	1997
	City Center I		126 / 38	9	1986
45	Richards Court West		125 / 38	10	2010
	Richards Court East		125 / 38	10	2010
47	LDS Business College		121 / 37	9	1984 (renovated in 2006)	Part of the Triad Center complex.
48	Judge Building		102 / 31	7	1909	An example of the Commercial Style. Built by mining businesswoman Mary Judge. Designed by David C. Dart.

Under construction and proposed

Timeline of tallest buildings

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Years Tallest	Notes
1	Salt Lake Temple		210 / 64	4	1893–1894
2	Salt Lake City and County Building		256 / 78	5	1894–1908
3	Boston Building		164 / 50	11	1908–1911
4	Joseph Smith Memorial Building		182 / 55	13	1911–1912
5	Walker Center		220 / 67	16	1912–1962
6	Zions Bank Center (Gateway Tower East)		267 / 81	18	1962–1966
7	136 East South Temple		274 / 84	25	1966–1973
8	LDS Church Office Building		420 / 128	30	1973–1998
9	Wells Fargo Center		422 / 128.6	26	1998–present

Images for kids

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  Downtown Salt Lake City in 2011

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Edificios más altos de Salt Lake City para niños