List of tallest buildings in Wisconsin facts for kids

This page lists the tallest buildings in Wisconsin. It shows the biggest skyscrapers in the state of Wisconsin, found in the U.S.. Most of the tallest buildings in Wisconsin are in Milwaukee. The very tallest one is the U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee), and the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons is the second tallest.

A 2008 view of downtown Milwaukee. You can see the Yankee Hill Apartments on the left and the Milwaukee City Hall on the far right. Some of the newest tall buildings, like the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons, were not built yet when this picture was taken.

Aerial view of downtown Madison

Wisconsin's Tallest Buildings

This list includes buildings in Wisconsin that are 280 feet (about 85 meters) or taller. Out of these 19 buildings, 18 are in Milwaukee and only one is in Madison. The list tells you the building's rank, its name, a picture, its height, how many floors it has, the year it was built, and which city it's in.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	City	Fun Facts
1	U.S. Bank Center		601 ft (183m)	42	1973	Milwaukee	This is the tallest building in all of Wisconsin! It used to have different names, like First Wisconsin Center and Firstar Center.
2	Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons		550 ft (167m)	32	2017	Milwaukee	This is the biggest office building in Wisconsin. It's mostly made of glass and is very close to the U.S. Bank Center.
3	100 East Wisconsin		549 ft (167m)	37	1989	Milwaukee	This building looks like an old German style, but with a modern twist. It was built where another tall building, the Pabst skyscraper, used to be.
4	University Club Tower		446 ft (136m)	36	2007	Milwaukee	For a while, this was the tallest building built in Wisconsin in the 2000s, until the Northwestern Mutual Tower came along.
5	Milwaukee Center		426 ft (130m)	28	1988	Milwaukee	When it was finished, this was the second tallest building in Milwaukee.
6	411 East Wisconsin Center		408 ft (124m)	30	1985	Milwaukee	This building was made using 1,200 huge concrete panels, each weighing eight tons!
7	Northwestern Mutual North Tower		395 ft (120m)	19	1990	Milwaukee	The blue pyramid shape at the very top of this building lights up at night.
8	7Seventy7		387 ft (118m)	34	2018	Milwaukee	This tall building has 310 apartments, plus shops and a public area for people to enjoy.
9	Kilbourn Tower		380 ft (116m)	33	2005	Milwaukee
10	Milwaukee City Hall		353 ft (108m)	15	1895	Milwaukee	This building was the tallest in the world that people could live or work in for about four years! It was also the tallest building in Milwaukee for almost 80 years.
11	The Moderne		348 ft (106m)	31	2012	Milwaukee	This is the tallest building in Wisconsin that is west of the Milwaukee River.
12	BMO Harris Financial Center		335 ft (102m)	25	2020	Milwaukee
13	The Potawatomi Casino Hotel		307 ft (94m)	21	2014	Milwaukee	This is the tallest building in Milwaukee that is south of Interstate 94.
14	1000 North Water Street		296 ft (90m)	16	1991	Milwaukee	Its light pink outside walls and windows make it stand out in the Milwaukee skyline.
15	Yankee Hill Apartments 1		292 ft (89m)	23	1987	Milwaukee	This is one of two tall towers in the Yankee Hill Apartments complex.
16	Chase Tower		288 ft (88m)	22	1961	Milwaukee	When it was built, this was the second tallest building in Milwaukee. It used to be called Marine Plaza and Bank One Plaza.
17	Wisconsin State Capitol		284 ft (86m)	15	1917	Madison	This is the tallest building in Madison and the tallest building in Wisconsin that is not in Milwaukee.
18	Allen-Bradley Clock Tower		283 ft (86m)	17	1962	Milwaukee	The clock on top of this tower is the second largest four-sided clock in the world!
19	Wisconsin Tower		280 ft (85m)	22	1930	Milwaukee	This is one of the oldest tall buildings in Milwaukee. It was the second tallest building in the city when it was finished. In 2006, it was changed into 74 apartments.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Madison, Wisconsin
• List of tallest buildings in Milwaukee
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state