List of tallest buildings in Wisconsin facts for kids

This list of tallest buildings in Wisconsin ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin by height. The tallest 16 buildings in Wisconsin are located in Milwaukee. The tallest is the U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee), followed by Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons.

A 2008 view of downtown Milwaukee from E. State St., with the Yankee Hill Apartments near left, the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist near left-center, The Pfister Hotel at right-center, and the scaffolded Milwaukee City Hall at the far right. Seven of the buildings listed below are not pictured, including the Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons, which had yet to be built.

Aerial view of downtown Madison

Tallest buildings

This list contains buildings in Wisconsin with a height of 280 feet (85) or more. Of the 19 buildings, 18 are located in Milwaukee and 1 in Madison. The following list includes the rank of the building, name of the building, city the building is in, image of the building, height of the building in feet and meters, how many floors the building has, the year the building was made in, and notes.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	City	Notes
1	U.S. Bank Center		601 (183)	42	1973	Milwaukee	Tallest building in the state; previously called the First Wisconsin Center (1973–92) and the Firstar Center (1992–2002). The building won a Distinguished Building Award from the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1974.
2	Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons		550 (167.7)	32	2017	Milwaukee	Largest office building in Wisconsin; building mostly made out of glass. Building is located a block east across Wisconsin Ave. from the U.S. Bank Center.
3	100 East Wisconsin		549 (167.3)	37	1989	Milwaukee	Designed as a postmodern version of old German vernacular architecture; built on the site of the former 14-story Pabst skyscraper.
4	University Club Tower		446 (136)	36	2007	Milwaukee	Tallest building constructed in the state in the 21st century, until the Northwestern Mutual Tower.
5	Milwaukee Center		426 (130)	28	1988	Milwaukee	Second tallest building in Milwaukee at the time it was completed.
6	411 East Wisconsin Center		408 (124)	30	1985	Milwaukee	Constructed with 1,200 eight-ton pre-cast concrete panels in a modern architectural style.
7	Northwestern Mutual North Tower		395 (120)	19	1990	Milwaukee	The light blue pyramid at the top is lit at night.
8	7Seventy7		387/118	34	2018	Milwaukee	The residential tower includes 310 apartments, parking, retail, and a public plaza.
9	Kilbourn Tower		380 (116)	33	2005	Milwaukee
10	Milwaukee City Hall		353 (108)	15	1895	Milwaukee	Tallest habitable building in the world for more than four years after completion (1895–99); tallest building in Milwaukee for nearly 80 years.
11	The Moderne		348 (106)	31	2012	Milwaukee	Tallest building in Wisconsin west of the Milwaukee River.
12	BMO Harris Financial Center		335/102	25	2020	Milwaukee
13	The Potawatomi Casino Hotel		307 (94)	21	2014	Milwaukee	It is the tallest building in the city south of Interstate 94.
14	1000 North Water Street		296 (90)	16	1991	Milwaukee	The light pink facade and windows give it a unique appearance in Milwaukee's skyline.
15	Yankee Hill Apartments 1		292.91 / 89.28	23	1987	Milwaukee	One of two towers.
16	Chase Tower		288 (88)	22	1961	Milwaukee	Second tallest building in Milwaukee at the time it was completed. Once the site of Marine Bank. was originally called the Marine Plaza. Later, it was known as Bank One Plaza before Bank One's merger with Chase. Contains 480,000 square feet of Class A office space and houses Milwaukee Public Radio.
17	Wisconsin State Capitol		284 (86)	15	1917	Madison	Tallest building in Madison. Tallest building in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee.
18	Allen-Bradley Clock Tower		283 (86)	17	1962	Milwaukee	The world's second-largest four-sided clock sits atop this tower.
19	Wisconsin Tower		280 (85)	22	1930	Milwaukee	One of the oldest buildings in Milwaukee. Second-tallest building in Milwaukee at the time of its completion; converted into 74 condominiums in 2006.