List of tallest buildings in St. Louis

Among St. Louis' taller buildings are the Gateway Arch, One Metropolitan Square, 909 Chestnut Street, and the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, the second-tallest courthouse in the world.^{[1][Note 1]} The city also includes the Old Courthouse, site of the Dred Scott case; and the Wainwright Building, designed by architect Louis Sullivan and one of the first skyscrapers built in the United States.^[2]

A panoramic view of the St. Louis skyline, seen from the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge.

The history of skyscrapers in St. Louis began with the 1850s construction of Barnum's City Hotel, a six-story building designed by architect George I. Barnett.^[3] Until the 1890s, no building in St. Louis rose over eight stories, but construction in the city rose during that decade owing to the development of elevators and the use of steel frames.^[4] The first building to use a steel frame in St. Louis was the 1890-91 Wainwright Building, a 10-story office building that was one of the first modern skyscrapers. Designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, it illustrates Sullivan's principle of "form follows function".^[5] From 1864–1894, the tallest building in St. Louis was the Old Courthouse, at a height of 192 feet (59 m).^[6][7] Throughout the 1890s and into the 1900s, St. Louis saw construction move westward, especially that of office buildings. In 1914, the Railway Exchange Building was completed, which became the city's tallest building for many years.^[4] The city then underwent a moderate building boom in the 1920s leading to the planning of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in 1935.^[4]

Seven of the top-30 tallest skyscrapers have been built in the 21st century; the most recent is One Cardinal Way, a 29-story, 334-foot (102 m) tower completed in 2020 as part of the expansion of Ballpark Village.^[8][9]

The following list ranks St. Louis skyscrapers that stand at least 250 feet (76 m) tall based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. As architectural features and spires can be regarded as subjective, some skyscraper enthusiasts prefer pinnacle height as a method of measurement which includes antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.

Rank	Name	Address	Architect	Standard Height feet / m	Pinnacle Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes	Image
1	One Metropolitan Square	211 North Broadway	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	593 / 181	593 / 181	42	1989	Tallest habitable building in St. Louis and second tallest habitable building in Missouri. Tallest building in St. Louis built in the 1980s.[10]
2	909 Chestnut Street	909 Chestnut Street	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	588 / 179	588 / 179	44	1986	Largest office building in Missouri. Formerly One SBC and AT&T Center.[11][12]
3	Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse	111 South 10th Street	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, EDM Incorporated	557 / 170	557 / 170	28	2000	Second tallest judicial building in the world. Tallest building built in St. Louis in the 2000s.[13]
4	One US Bank Plaza	505 North 7th Street	Tvsdesign	484 / 148	592 / 180	35	1976	Tallest building in St. Louis until the construction of 909 Chestnut Street in 1986.[14]
5	Laclede Gas Building	720 Olive Street	Emery Roth & Sons	401 / 122	401 / 122	31	1969	Tallest building in St. Louis until the construction of One US Bank Plaza in 1976.[15]
6	Southwestern Bell Building	1010 Pine Street	Mauran, Russell, & Crowell	399 / 122	460 / 140	28	1926	First building in St. Louis to use setbacks, has 17 individual roofs.[16] Tallest building in St. Louis until the construction of the Laclede Gas Building.[17]
7	Civil Courts Building	10 North Tucker Boulevard	Klipstein & Rathmann	386 / 118	386 / 118	13	1929	Landmark court building used by the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri in St. Louis.[18]
8	One Hundred Above the Park	100 North Kingshighway	Studio Gang	385 / 117	385 / 117	36	2020	Tallest building in St. Louis outside of downtown.[19]
9	Bank of America Plaza	800 Market Street	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	384 / 117	384 / 117	31	1981	[20]
10	600 Washington	600 Washington Avenue	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	375 / 114	375 / 114	25	1985	Also known as One City Centre. Was part of the largest urban shopping mall complex in the U.S. when it opened.[21][Note 2]
11	One Cardinal Way	1 Cardinal Way	Hord Coplan Macht	334 / 102	334 / 102	29	2020	First residential tower built within the Ballpark Village development.[22][23]
12	Park East Tower	2555 Grand Avenue	Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership	330 / 101	330 / 101	26	2007	[24]
13	Tower at OPOP	411 North 8th Street	Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture	312 / 95	312 / 95	25	2010	Formerly the Roberts Tower.[25]
14	Park Plaza	212 North Kingshighway	Preston J. Bradshaw	310 / 94	310 / 94	27	1931	Tallest building built in St. Louis during the 1930s.[26]
15	Saint Francis de Sales Church	2563 Ohio Avenue	Klutho & Ranft	300 / 91	300 / 91	3	1895	Tallest church in St. Louis.[27]
16	1010 Market Street	1010 Market Street	Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates	295 / 90	295 / 90	20	1981	[28]
17=	Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis	999 North 2nd Street	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	289 / 88	289 / 88	24	2007	[29]
17=	Millennium Hotel St. Louis	200 South 4th Street	Tiernan Design, William B. Tabler Architects	289 / 88	289 / 88	28	1968	Formerly Stouffer's Riverfront Towers and the Regal Riverfront Hotel. Closed since 2014.[30][31]
19	Continental Life Building	3615 Olive Street	William B. Ittner	286 / 87	286 / 87	22	1930	Tallest building in Midtown St. Louis.[32]
20=	Mansion House	200 North 4th Street	Schwarz & Van Hoefen	285 / 87	285 / 87	28	1965	[33]
20=	City Place St. Louis	300 North 4th Street	Schwarz & Van Hoefen	285 / 87	285 / 87	28	1965	Formerly the Radisson Hotel & Suites St. Louis.[34]
20=	Gentry's Landing	400 North 4th Street	Schwarz & Van Hoefen	285 / 87	285 / 87	28	1965	[35]
23	500 Broadway	500 North Broadway	Smith-Entzeroth, Inc.	282 / 86	282 / 86	22	1971	[36]
24=	Council Tower	310 South Grand Boulevard	Schwarz & Van Hoefen	279 / 85	279 / 85	26	1969	[37]
24=	Hilton at the Ballpark East Tower	1 South Broadway	Richard Henmi	279 / 85	279 / 85	25	1964	[38]
24=	Equitable Building	10 South Broadway	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	279 / 85	279 / 85	21	1971	[39]
24=	Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza West Tower	1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza	CannonDesign	279 / 85	279 / 85	16	2025	Replaced demolished Queeny Tower.[40]
28	Railway Exchange Building	615 Olive Street	Mauran, Russell, & Crowell	277 / 84	277 / 84	22	1914	Tallest building in St. Louis built during the 1910s and world's largest office building upon opening.[41][42]
29	Broadway Tower	100 North Broadway	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	275 / 84	275 / 84	22	1976	Formerly known as Bank of America Tower.[43]
30	Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel	800 Washington Avenue	George W. Post & Sons	270 / 82	270 / 82	18	1917	Built as the Hotel Statler.[44]
31	Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza Tower	1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza		269 / 82	269 / 82	18	1971	Largest hospital in Missouri.[45] Originally 12 stories and 177 feet (54 m) tall, later additions brought it to its current height.[46]
32	Courtyard St. Louis Downtown/Convention Center Hotel	823 Washington Avenue	Preston J. Bradshaw	268 / 82	268 / 82	24	1929	Built as the Lennox Hotel.[47]
33	Park Pacific	1226 Olive Street	Mauran, Russell, & Crowell	265 / 81	265 / 81	23	1928	Formerly office space for the Missouri Pacific and then Union Pacific railroads. Was to be 35 stories but ended at 23 due to the Great Depression.[48]
34	Gateway Tower	1 Memorial Drive	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	261 / 80	261 / 80	21	1967	[49]
35	Saint Louis Place	200 North Broadway	Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc.	253 / 77	253 / 77	20	1983	[50]
36=	Millennium Center	515 Olive Street	Epstein, Abraham & Sons	250 / 76	250 / 76	20	1963	[51]
36=	Desloge Hospital Tower	1465 South Grand Boulevard	Study, Farrar and Majors	250 / 76	250 / 76	15	1933	[52]

According to generally-accepted criteria of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the Gateway Arch is not considered a building because less than 49% of its height is made up of floor plates containing habitable floor area, but rather a tower or structure. Additional structures of at least 150 feet (46 m) in height are ranked below:

Rank	Name	Address	Architect	Standard Height feet / m	Pinnacle Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes	Image
1	Gateway Arch	11 North 4th Street	Eero Saarinen	630 / 192	630 / 192	N/A	1967	Tallest monument and memorial in the United States.[1][53][Note 1]
2	DeBaliviere Transmission Tower	500 DeBaliviere Avenue		550 / 168	550 / 168	N/A	2023	1930s era tower replaced in 2023.[54]
3	Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge pylons	Mississippi River	HNTB Corporation	400 / 122	400 / 122	N/A	2014	[55]
4	Ameren UE Tower	1901 Chouteau Avenue		349 / 107	364 / 111	N/A	2009	[56]
5	Union Station Clock Tower	1820 Market Street	Theodore Link	230 / 70	230 / 70	N/A	1894	[57]
6	St. Louis Lambert International Airport Control Tower	10701 Lambert International Boulevard		210 / 64	210 / 64	18	1991	[58]
7	St. Louis Wheel	201 South 18th Street		200 / 61	200 / 61	N/A	2019	[59]
8	Bissell Street Water Tower	1423 Bissell Street	William S. Eames	194 / 59	194 / 59	N/A	1885	Also known as the Red Tower.[60] Tallest of the three remaining standpipe water towers in St. Louis.[61]
9	Compton Hill Water Tower	1700 South Grand Boulevard	Harvey Ellis	179 / 55	179 / 55	N/A	1899	Youngest of the three remaining standpipe water towers in St. Louis.[61]
10	Grand Avenue Water Tower	20th Street and Grand Boulevard	George I. Barnett	154 / 47	154 / 47	N/A	1871	Also known as the Old or White Tower.[62] Oldest of the three remaining standpipe water towers in St. Louis.[61]

Buildings that once held the title of tallest building in St. Louis, based on standard height measurement.

Buildings over 100 feet (30 m) that are under construction, approved, or proposed in St. Louis. A floor count of 10 stories is used in place of the 100-foot (30 m) limit if the building's proposed height has not yet been determined.

The following list ranks suburban St. Louis skyscrapers that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. As architectural features and spires can be regarded as subjective, some skyscraper enthusiasts prefer pinnacle height as a method of measurement which includes antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.

Rank	Name	Address	Architect	Standard Height feet / m	Pinnacle Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes	Image
1	Centene Plaza C	7676 Forsyth Boulevard	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	419 / 128	419 / 128	28	2019	Tallest habitable building in St. Louis County.[69]
2	The Plaza in Clayton Residential Tower	150 Carondelet Plaza	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart	408 / 125	408 / 125	30	2002	Tallest residential building in Greater St. Louis.[70]
3	Two Twelve Clayton	212 South Meramec Avenue	HDA Architects	380 / 116	380 / 116	27	2017	[71][72]
4	University Tower	1034 South Brentwood Boulevard	Stephen Frank Associates, LLC	326 / 99	326 / 99	23	1975	[73]
5	The Sevens Building	7777 Bonhomme Avenue		312 / 95	312 / 95	24	1969	[74]
6	Pierre Laclede Center II	7733 Forsyth Boulevard	Smith-Enterzoth	309 / 94	337 / 103	23	1969	[75]
7	Ameristar St. Charles Hotel	1 Ameristar Boulevard	PGAV Architects	305 / 93	305 / 93	25	2008	Tallest habitable building in St. Charles County.[76]
8	Hanley Corporate Tower	101 South Hanley Road		272 / 83	272 / 83	19	1986	Built as Interco Tower, also known as 101 South Hanley.[77][78]
9	Clayton on the Park	8025 Bonhomme Avenue	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	266 / 81	266 / 81	23	2000	[79][80]
10=	Park Tower	200 South Brentwood Boulevard		262 / 80	262 / 80	24	1966	[81]
10=	PNC Center	120 South Central Avenue		262 / 80	262 / 80	18	1973	[82]
10=	Centene Plaza B	7700 Forsyth Boulevard	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum	262 / 80	262 / 80	17	2010	[83][84]
10=	Maryland Walk	411 North 8th Street	Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture	262 / 80	262 / 80	17	2006	[85]
14	The Hoffmann Building	8000 Maryland Avenue				17	1983	[86][87]
15	The Plaza in Clayton Office Tower	190 Carondelet Plaza	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart	229 / 70	229 / 70	15	2002	[88]
16	Whitehall Condominiums	710 South Hanley Road				22		[89]
17	Pierre Laclede Center I	7733 Forsyth Boulevard	Smith-Enterzoth	220 / 67	220 / 67	16	1963	[90]
18	Commerce Bank Tower	8001 Forsyth Boulevard	Christner Architects	201 / 61	201 / 61	16	2023	[91][92]

Suburban St. Louis structures of at least 150 feet (46 m) in height are ranked below:

Rank	Name	Address	Architect	Standard Height feet / m	Pinnacle Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes	Image
1	Sinclair Radio Tower			1,305 / 398	1,305 / 398	N/A	1987	[93]
2	KDNL TV Tower 2			1,155 / 352	1,155 / 352	N/A	1969
3	KSDK Tower			1,149 / 350	1,149 / 350	N/A	1958
4	Clark Bridge pylons	Mississippi River	Hanson Professional Services	250 / 76	250 / 76	N/A	1994	Also known as the Super Bridge.[94][95]
5	Mr. Freeze	4900 Six Flags Road	Werner Stengel	218 / 66	218 / 66	N/A	1998	[96]
6	Confluence Tower	435 Confluence Tower Drive	KAI Design & Build	180 / 55	180 / 55	3	2010	Also known as Lewis and Clark Confluence Tower[97]

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