The history of high-rises in the United States city of Dayton, Ohio, began in 1896 with the construction of the Reibold Building. Although the Reibold Building was Dayton's first high-rise, the Centre City Building is often regarded as the first "skyscraper" in the city and was completed in 1924.[1] The original portion of the building opened in 1904, when the tower portion was completed two decades later, it was one of the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world, and the tallest in the United States.[2] Dayton went through an early building boom in the late 1920s, during which several high-rise buildings, including the Key Bank Building, were constructed. The city experienced a second, much larger building boom that lasted from the early 1970s to late 1980s. During this time, Dayton saw the construction of six skyscrapers, including the Kettering Tower and KeyBank Tower.
The two tallest buildings of the Dayton skyline are the Kettering Tower at 408 ft (124 m) and the KeyBank Tower at 385 ft (117 m). Kettering Tower was originally Winters Tower being that it was the headquarters of Winters Bank, but the building was renamed when Winters merged with BankOne. KeyBank Tower was formerly known as the MeadWestvaco Tower before KeyBank gained naming rights to the building in 2008.[3] Dayton is the site of five skyscrapers that rise at least 328 ft (100 m) in height.[4] The most recently completed high-rise in the city is the Miami Valley Hospital Southeast Tower, which was constructed in 2010 and rises 246 feet (75 m).[5]
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This list ranks Dayton buildings that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall to limit exhaustiveness and based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
| Rank | Building Name | Street address | Height feet (meters) |
Floors | Completed | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kettering Tower | 40 N. Main Street | 405 (124) | 30 | 1970 | Known as Winters Tower until the merger of Winters Bank with BankOne. Currently stands as Dayton's tallest building. | [6] |
| 2 | KeyBank Tower | 10 W. Second Street | 385 (117) | 28 | 1976 | Used to be the headquarters of the paper products company MeadWestvaco before a 2001 relocation to Stamford, Connecticut. Renamed KeyBank Tower in 2009. | [7] |
| 3 | Fifth Third Center | 1 S. Main Street | 336 (102) | 20 | 1989 | The building was once known as One Dayton Centre until Fifth Third Bank moved into it in 2009. | [8][9] |
| 4 | 40 West 4th Centre | 40 W. Fourth Street | 331 (101) | 22 | 1969 | This was the tallest building in Dayton for about a year; the Kettering Tower took over this designation in 1970. | [10] |
| 5 | 110 N. Main Street | 110 N. Main Street | 328 (100) | 20 | 1989 | Formerly known as Fifth Third Center until the company moved to the One Dayton Centre in 2009. In 2011, Premier Health Partners acquired the building for $6.19 million. | [11][12] |
| 6 | Liberty Tower | 120 W. Second Street | 295 (90) | 23 | 1931 | Liberty Tower, previously known as Mutual Home Savings Association Building, was the tallest building in Dayton from 1931 to 1969. At one point it was the property of the owners of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway — the Hulman Family of Terre Haute, Indiana. | [13] |
| 7 | 130 West Second Street | 130 W. Second Street | 290 (88) | 21 | 1972 | — | [14] |
| 8 | Centre City Building | 40 S. Main Street | 274 (84) | 21 | 1904 | The original structure of this building was completed in 1904. It was then known as the United Brethren Building. Construction of a tower portion began years later and upon completion in 1924 it became the tallest reinforced concrete building in the United States and one the tallest in the world. | [15] |
| 9 | Landing Apartments | 316 N. Wilkinson Street | 251 (77) | 13 | 1929 | This building became the new central branch of the Dayton YMCA in 1929. It replaced a building located several blocks south that was converted into Dayton City Hall. The Dayton YMCA sold it in 1988, and in the same year the facility was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is a 13-story tower that runs east-to-west, and has two 12-story wings projecting to the south over a 2-story base. It became a Spanish Revival building in downtown Dayton when completed. | [16] |
| 10 | Miami Valley Hospital Southeast Tower | 45 Wyoming Street | 246 (75) | 12 | 2010 | — | [17] |
| 11 | Schuster Performing Arts Center | 109 N. Main Street | 224 (68) | 17 | 2003 | The building consists of the 2,300-seat Mead Theatre and the 150-seat Mathilde Black Box Theatre, which are connected to a 17-floor office and condominium tower. The first eight floors of the tower contain office and restaurant space, and the next eight contain 32 condominiums. | [18] |
| 12 | Talbott Tower | 131 N. Ludlow Street | 203 (62) | 14 | 1958 | — | [19] |
| 13 | Montgomery County Administration Building | 451 W. Third Street | 196 (60) | 12 | 1972 | — | [20] |
| 14 | Biltmore Towers | 210 N. Main Street | 182 (55) | 16 | 1929 | The former Biltmore Hotel was redeveloped into elderly housing in 1981. | [21] |
| 15= | Wright Stop Plaza | 4 S. Main Street | 175 (53) | 14 | 1901 | The bottom floor of this building is the main headquarters and hub for the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority. | [22] |
| 15= | AT&T Building | 215 W. Second Street | 175 (53) | 11 | 1930 | The large communications antennae atop the former Ohio Bell Building is not included in the height. | [23] |
| 16 | Wilkinson Plaza Apartments | 126 W. Fifth Street | 168 (51) | 14 | 1974 | — | [24] |
| 17 | Courthouse Plaza South West | 10 N. Ludlow Street | 167 (51) | 12 | 1978 | — | [25] |
| 18 | CareSource Building | 203 N. Main Street | 162 (49) | 9 | 2008 | Steele High School, Dayton's first high school building, stood here until the late 1940s. The building is currently the headquarters of CareSource Management Group. | [26] |
| 19 | Key Bank Building | 32 N. Main Street | 161 (49) | 14 | 1924 | — | [27] |
| 20 | Reibold Building | 117 S. Main Street | 155 (47) | 11 | 1896 | The Reibold Building was constructed in three phases. The center section was constructed in 1896, the South annex in 1904, and the North annex in 1914. The Reibold Building was Dayton's tallest for nearly a decade until the Centre City Building was completed. | [28] |
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Dayton.[29]
| Building Name | Street Address | Height feet (meters) |
Floors | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reibold Building | 117 S. Main Street | 155 (47) | 11 | 1896 |
| Wright Stop Plaza | 4 S. Main Street | 175 (53) | 14 | 1901 |
| Centre City Building | 40 S. Main Street | 274 (84) | 21 | 1904 |
| Liberty Tower | 120 W. Second Street | 295 (90) | 23 | 1931 |
| 40 West 4th Centre | 40 W. Fourth Street | 331 (101) | 22 | 1969 |
| Kettering Tower | 40 N. Main Street | 405 (124) | 30 | 1971 |
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