List of tallest buildings in Iowa

This list of tallest buildings in Iowa ranks skyscrapers and monuments in the US state of Iowa by height.

Tallest buildings

Rank	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	City	Notes
1	801 Grand (previously The Principal Building)	630 (192)	45	1991	Des Moines	Office
2	Ruan Center	460 (140)	36	1975	Des Moines	Office
3	Des Moines Marriott Hotel	365 (111)	33	1981	Des Moines	Hotel
4	Financial Center	345 (105)	25	1973	Des Moines	Office
5	Plaza Building	340 (104)	25	1985	Des Moines	Residential
6	HUB Tower	325 (99)	25	1986	Des Moines	Office
7	EMC Insurance Building	325 (99)	19	1997	Des Moines	Office
8	Equitable Building	318 (97)	19	1924	Des Moines	Residential
9	Alliant Tower	285 (87)	21	1972	Cedar Rapids	Office
10	Bank of America Building	280 (85)	16	1966	Des Moines	Office
11	Iowa State Capitol	275 (84)	4	1884	Des Moines	Government
12	Qwest Complex	273 (83)	15	–	Des Moines	Office
13	Wells Fargo Building	255 (77)	19	1927	Davenport	Office/Residential
14	Register & Tribune Building	243 (74)	14	1916	Des Moines	Office
15	Iowa Reality Tower	237 (72)	25	1974	Cedar Rapids	Residential/Office
16	MidAmerican Building	220 (67)	15	1995	Davenport	Office
17	Plaza 425 (previously the APAC Building)	207 (63)	14	1983	Cedar Rapids	Office

Timeline of tallest buildings

Iowa Old Capitol Building, 1856.

This list shows which buildings have been the tallest in Iowa since 1884.

Years as Tallest	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors
1884–1924	Iowa State Capitol	275 (84)	n/a
1924–1973	Equitable Building	318 (97)	19
1973–1975	Financial Center	345 (105)	25
1975–1991	Ruan Center	460 (140)	36
1991–Present	801 Grand	630 (192)	45

Tall buildings prior to 1884

Ladies' College Building, Davenport, 1856, later Mount Ida Female College.

Mount Ida Female College in 1858, after dome was added.

There does not seem to have been any effort to document the tallest building in Iowa prior to the construction of the State Capitol in 1884. This list shows buildings which may have been the tallest in Iowa prior to 1884, excluding church steeples.

Years as Tallest	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors
1840–1856	Old Capitol, Iowa City	114 (35)	n/a
1856–1884	Shot Tower, Dubuque	120 (37)	10

Other early tall building include:

Mount Ida Female College, Davenport, 1856. First four-story dwelling, later had a high dome placed on top, may have rivaled Old Capitol in height.^[1]^[2]
Fort Madison, 1808, probably the first two-story buildings in what would become Iowa.^[3]

References

↑ Nathan Howe Parker, Iowa as it is in 1856: a gazetteer for citizens, 1856
↑ Wilkie, Franc B. (1858), Davenport, past and present
↑ Jackson, Donald (1958) "Old Fort Madison 1808–1813." Palimpsest 39(1).

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