This list of the tallest buildings in Pennsylvania includes all skyscrapers or taller, ranked by height. The tallest building in Pennsylvania is the 60-story Comcast Technology Center in Center City Philadelphia, which is in height. The building opened in 2018. It is currently the 14th-tallest building in the United States.

Among Pennsylvania cities, Philadelphia has the most buildings exceeding in height with 34 followed by Pittsburgh with 16. Excluding buildings in these two cities, the tallest buildings elsewhere in the state are Scranton Times Tower in Scranton, PA at 385 ft (117 m)- although this is a radio tower atop a 5-story structure, 333 Market Street in Harrisburg at 341 ft (104 m), Martin Tower (demolished on May 19, 2019) in Bethlehem at 332 ft (101 m), PPL Building in Allentown at 322 feet (98 m), and the Berks County Courthouse in Reading, PA at 275 ft (84 m). The Comcast Technology Center is not the tallest freestanding structure in Pennsylvania as that would go to the Unit 3 original smokestack in Homer City at 1,217 feet tall.

Tallest buildings

Rank NameImage Heightft / (m) Floors Year City Notes 1 Comcast Technology Center 1,121 / 341 60 2018 Philadelphia Tallest building in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia; 14th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building completed in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 2010s. 2 Comcast Center 975 / 297 58 2008 Philadelphia 28th-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 2000s 3 One Liberty Place 945 / 288 61 1987 Philadelphia 33rd-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 1980s 4 Two Liberty Place 848 / 258 58 1990 Philadelphia 58th-tallest building in the country; tallest building completed in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 1990s 5 U.S. Steel Tower 841 / 256 64 1971Pittsburgh 63rd-tallest building in the country; tallest building in Pittsburgh since 1970; tallest building in the state from 1970 until the 1987 completion of One Liberty Place in Philadelphia; tallest building constructed in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh in the 1970s; formerly known as USX Tower 6 BNY Mellon Center 792 / 241 54 1990 Philadelphia 76th-tallest building in the country; also known as Nine Penn Center 7 Three Logan Square 739 / 225 55 1991 Philadelphia 128th-tallest building in the country; formerly known as Bell Atlantic Tower and Verizon Tower 8 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South 730 / 223 49 2016Philadelphia 138th-tallest building in the country; the tallest building in Philadelphia outside Center City 9 BNY Mellon Center 725 / 221 54 1984Pittsburgh 143rd-tallest building in the country; tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 1980s; formerly known as One Mellon Center 10 One PPG Place 635 / 194 40 1984Pittsburgh 11 G. Fred DiBona Jr. Building 625 / 191 45 1990 Philadelphia Formerly known as the Blue Cross–Blue Shield Tower and the IBX Tower12The W Philadelphia and Element Philadelphia 617 / 188512020Philadelphiatallest building completed in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 2020s. 13 Fifth Avenue Place 616 / 188 31 1988Pittsburgh Also known as Highmark Place 14 One Oxford Centre 615 / 187 45 1983Pittsburgh 15The Laurel 604 / 184502022PhiladelphiaTallest residential building in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania 16 Gulf Tower 582 / 177 44 1932Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh in the 1930s 17= One Commerce Square 565 / 172 41 1987 Philadelphia 17= Two Commerce Square 565 / 172 41 1992 Philadelphia 19 Philadelphia City Hall 548 / 167 9 1901 Philadelphia 1901 is the official year of completion and the transfer of ownership to the city government; however, the tower had been topped out in 1894"National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form". 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"1891: State Supreme Court opens in permanent courtroom." making it the tallest habitable building in the United States and the world from 1894 until the completion of the Singer Building in 1908; tallest building completed in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 1900s. 20 Tower at PNC Plaza 545 / 166 33 2015 Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pittsburgh in the 2010s; 21 Cathedral of Learning 535 / 163 42 1936Pittsburgh Second-tallest educational building in the world, behind the main building of Moscow State University; tallest building in the city located outside of Downtown22 Arthaus 528 / 161472022Philadelphia 23 525 William Penn Place 520 / 158 41 1951Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh in the 1950s 24 The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton 518 / 158 48 2009 Philadelphia 25 K&L Gates Center 511 / 156 39 1968Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh in the 1960s 26 1818 Market Street 500 / 152 40 1974 Philadelphia Tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1970s 27 The St. James 498 / 152 45 2004 Philadelphia Tallest building located east of Broad Street When constructed in 2003, the St. James was the tallest apartment building in Philadelphia. 28 Loews Philadelphia Hotel 492 / 150 36 1932 Philadelphia Known commonly as the PSFS Building; tallest hotel in the city until the Four Seasons opens in the Comcast Technology Center; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1930s. 29 PNC Bank Building 491 / 150 40 1983 Philadelphia 30= Centre Square II 490 / 149 40 1973 Philadelphia 30= Five Penn Center 490 / 149 36 1970 Philadelphia 32 Grant Building 485 / 148 40 1930Pittsburgh 33= Koppers Tower 475 / 145 34 1929Pittsburgh Tallest building constructed in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh in the 1920s 33= Murano 475 / 145 43 2008 Philadelphia 35 One South Broad 472 / 144 28 1932 Philadelphia Formerly known as the PNB Building 36 Two PNC Plaza 445 / 136 34 1975Pittsburgh 37= 2000 Market Street 435 / 133 29 1973 Philadelphia 37= Two Logan Square 435 / 133 35 1987 Philadelphia 39 Cira Centre 434 / 133 28 2005 Philadelphia 40= 1700 Market 430 / 131 32 1968 Philadelphia Tallest building completed in Philadelphia the 1960s 40= EQT Plaza 430 / 131 32 1987Pittsburgh 40= Evo at Cira Centre South 430 / 131 33 2014Philadelphia 43 1835 Market Street 425 / 130 29 1986 Philadelphia Name was changed from Eleven Penn Center in 2003 44 One PNC Plaza 424 / 129 30 1972Pittsburgh 45 Centre Square I 417 / 127 32 1973 Philadelphia 46 Jefferson Tower 412 / 126 32 1984 Philadelphia Formerly known as One Reading Center 47 Regional Enterprise Tower 410 / 125 30 1953Pittsburgh 48 Wells Fargo Building 405 / 123 29 1927 Philadelphia Originally the Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building; tallest building completed in Philadelphia in the 1920s49 1706 Rittenhouse 401 / 122 33 2011 Philadelphia 50 One Logan Square 400 / 122 31 1983 Philadelphia

Timeline of tallest buildings

+NameImageHeightFloorsYears tallestCityPhiladelphia City Hall548 / 16791901–1932 (31 years)PhiladelphiaGulf Tower582 / 177441932–1971 (39 years)PittsburghU.S. Steel Tower841 / 256 641971–1984 (13 years)PittsburghOne Liberty Place945 / 288611987–2008 (21 years)PhiladelphiaComcast Center975 / 297582008–2018 (10 years)PhiladelphiaComcast Technology Center1121 / 341602018–presentPhiladelphia

See also List of tallest buildings in Harrisburg List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia List of tallest buildings in Pittsburgh List of tallest buildings in Reading, Pennsylvania

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