| Rank | Name | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Interstate Center | 272/83 | 20 | 1985 | Tallest building between Spokane and Minneapolis and between Denver and Calgary since its completion in 1985. First Interstate Bank Corporate Headquarters. It is located in the Transwestern Plaza in downtown Billings. The Transwestern Plaza is a complex consisting of four office towers with a total of 35 floors, it is the largest commercial development in a 500 mile radius.[1][2] |
| 2 | Crowne Plaza | 245/75 | 22 | 1980 | Upon completion it was the tallest building between Seattle and Minneapolis and between Denver and Calgary. Tallest building in Billings from 1980-1985. Upon completion, it was declared the tallest load-bearing brick building in the world by the Brick Institute of America.[3]The bricks were made out of red clay that is from south of Billings and were formed in an 1869 kiln.[4]This building is a rarity for its time in that it is built using the facade system of applied masonry, which was usually used in the facade construction of buildings pre-World War II[5]Tallest hotel in Montana.[6] |
| 3 | Wells Fargo Plaza | 176/54 | 14 | 1977 | Tallest building from Spokane to Bismarck, North Dakota and between Denver and Calgary from 1977-1980.[7] Opened as Norwest Bank in 1977.It is now the Third tallest building in Billings and Montana.[8][9] |
| 4 | Cereal Food Processor Inc Building | 141/42 | 12 | 1917 | Office/Multi-use/Industrial. It was the tallest building in Billings until 1977.[10][11][12] |
| 5 | Granite Tower | 130/40 | 11 | 1975 | Tallest office building in Billings from 1975 to 1977. The entrance courtyard is adorned with a large boulder from the top of Granite Peak, the tallest mountain in Montana. [13][14] |
| 6 | Northern Hotel | 129/39 | 10 | 1942 | In 1942 it replaced the original 1910 Hotel which burnt down.[15][16] |
| 7 | Rocky Plaza | 129/39 | 10 | 1982 | Residential condominiums located in MidTown, it is the tallest building outside of downtown Billings. It is the tallest residential complex in the city.[17][18] |
| 8 | Sage Tower | 128/39 | 10 | 1974 | Residential[19][20] |
| 9 | Liberal Arts Building | 9 | 1972 | MSU-Billings education building. It is the tallest education building in the Montana University System. [21] | |
| 10 | The Terrace | 11 | 1972 | Residential[22] |