This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1880 and the 1930s, predominantly in the United States cities of New York City and Chicago, but also across the rest of the U.S. and in many other parts of the world.
The first skyscrapers (1880–1899)
United States
California Central Tower Old Chronicle Building
Georgia Equitable Building Flatiron Building J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Illinois Fisher Building Home Insurance Building Manhattan Building Marquette Building Marshall Field and Company Building Masonic Temple Monadnock Building New York Life Insurance Building Old Colony Building Rand McNally Building Reliance Building Rookery Building Tacoma Building
Iowa Observatory Building
Massachusetts Ames Building Fiske Building Winthrop Building
Michigan United Way Community Services Building Hammond Building Majestic Building
Minnesota Metropolitan Building Pioneer Building
Missouri Wainwright Building
New York New York City
American Tract Society Building American Surety Building Bayard–Condict Building Bowling Green Offices Building Empire Building Gillender Building Hotel Chelsea Hotel Gerard Manhattan Life Insurance Building New York Times Building New York Tribune Building New York World Building Osborne Apartments Park Row Building St. Paul Building Temple Court Building The Ansonia
Rochester Wilder Building
Buffalo Ellicott Square Building Guaranty Building
Pennsylvania Land Title Building North American Building
Utah Joseph Smith Memorial Building Judge Building Kearns Building
Wisconsin Milwaukee City Hall Pabst Building
Washington, D.C. Sun Building The Cairo
Rest of the world
Asia Japan Ryounkaku
Europe Netherlands Witte Huis
United Kingdom Queen Anne's Mansions
North and South America Canada Beard Building, Toronto Canada Life Building, Montreal New York Life Insurance Building, Montreal Temple Building, Toronto Toronto Board of Trade Building
Oceania Australia APA Building, Melbourne
The "First Great Age" (1900–19)
United States
Alabama
City Federal Building Empire Building
California
Bank of America Building Hobart Building Merchants Exchange Building Oakland City Hall
Colorado
Daniels & Fisher Tower
Connecticut
Travelers Tower
Florida
121 Atlantic Place American National Bank Building (Pensacola, Florida) Dyal–Upchurch Building Florida Life Building
Georgia
Candler Building (Atlanta) J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building Lamar Building
Illinois
Brooks Building Chicago Building Continental Illinois Hotel Aurora (Aurora, Illinois) Peoples Gas Building Renaissance Blackstone Hotel Roanoke Building Santa Fe Building
Iowa
Fleming Building Liberty Building
Indiana
110 East Washington Street Barnes and Thornburg Building Fletcher Trust Building One North Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower Equitable Building (Baltimore) One Calvert Plaza
Massachusetts
Custom House Tower
Michigan AT&T Michigan Headquarters Book Tower Chrysler House David Whitney Building Ford Building Kales Building Marquette Building Michigan Central Station Penobscot Building Annex Vinton Building
Minnesota Commerce Building (Saint Paul, Minnesota) The Saint Paul Hotel
Missouri Commerce Trust Building Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)
Nebraska First National Bank Building (Omaha, Nebraska)
New York New York City
1 Wall Street Court 14 Wall Street 49 Chambers 90 West Street 150 Nassau Street 195 Broadway American Surety Building Bank of the Metropolis Building Bowling Green Offices Building Broad Exchange Building Broadway–Chambers Building Bush Tower City Investing Building Consolidated Edison Building Empire Building Equitable Building Equitable Life Building Flatiron Building Germania Life Insurance Company Building Gillender Building Home Life Building Hudson Terminal Liberty Tower Manhattan Life Insurance Building Manhattan Municipal Building Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower Morse Building New York Times Building New York Tribune Building New York World Building One Times Square Park Row Building Singer Building St. Paul Building Trinity and United States Realty Buildings Western Union Telegraph Building Whitehall Building Woolworth Building
Rochester Kodak Tower
Buffalo The Marin
Ohio Bartlett Building Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Fourth & Walnut Center LeVeque Tower Fourth and Vine Tower Rockefeller Building (Cleveland)
Pennsylvania
Arrott Building Benedum-Trees Building Farmers Bank Building Frick Building Land Title Building Oliver Building The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel The Carlyle
Tennessee
Exchange Building The Burwell
Texas
Adolphus Hotel ALICO Building Kirby Building
Utah
Walker Center
Virginia
First National Bank Building
Washington
Old National Bank Building Smith Tower
Elsewhere in the world
United Kingdom Royal Liver Building Tower Building, Liverpool
Argentina Galeria Guemes Archivo General de la Nacion Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires Railway Building
Australia Culwulla Chambers, Sydney Dovers Building, Melbourne Trust Building, Sydney
Brazil Edifício Jornal do Brasil
Canada
Canadian Pacific Building, Toronto Confederation Building, Winnipeg Dominion Building, Vancouver Royal Bank Building, Toronto Sun Tower, Vancouver Trader's Bank Building, Toronto Union Bank Building, Winnipeg
Germany
Berlin
Siemensturm
Jena
Netherlands
New Zealand
Consultancy House, Dunedin Public Trust Building, Wellington
Poland PAST (Poland)
Russia The fairy tale house
South Africa Union Buildings
Ukraine The Ginsburg skyscraper Fyodor Alyoshin's profitable house
Inter-war period, boom and depression (1920–1939)
United States
Arizona Heard Building Hotel San Carlos (Phoenix) Luhrs Building Luhrs Tower Orpheum Lofts Pioneer Hotel Professional Building (Phoenix, Arizona) Valley National Bank Building (Tucson, Arizona) Westward Ho (Phoenix)
Connecticut
Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building The Stark Building Travelers Tower
California
140 New Montgomery 225 Bush Street 450 Sutter Street Bank of Italy (Fresno, California) El Cortez Hotel Los Angeles City Hall Pacific Southwest Building Richfield Tower Russ Building Shell Building Tribune Tower
Florida
Freedom Tower (Miami) Miami Biltmore Hotel Miami-Dade County Courthouse
Georgia
Fourth National Bank Building Rhodes-Haverty Building
Idaho
Hoff Building
Indiana
AT&T Building (Indianapolis) Lincoln Bank Tower
Illinois
333 North Michigan 35 East Wacker Carbide & Carbon Building Chicago Board of Trade Building Chicago Temple Building Civic Opera Building Faust Landmark Field Building LaSalle-Wacker Building Leland Tower London Guarantee Building Mather Tower Metropolitan Tower Morrison Hotel One North LaSalle Palmolive Building Pittsfield Building Powhatan Apartments Randolph Tower Tribune Tower Trustees System Service Building Wrigley Building
Iowa
Equitable Building Wells Fargo Building
Louisiana
Charity Hospital (New Orleans) First National Bank of Commerce Building Four Winds (New Orleans) Hibernia Bank Building Louisiana State Capitol National American Bank Building
Maine
Time and Temperature Building
Maryland
Bank of America Building (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Suffolk County Courthouse
Michigan
AT&T Michigan Headquarters Boji Tower Book Tower Buhl Building Cadillac Place Cadillac Tower David Broderick Tower David Stott Building First National Building Fisher Building Fort Shelby Hotel Grand Park Centre Guardian Building Industrial Building (Detroit) Hudson Department Store Macabees Building Penobscot Building United Artists Theatre Building Washington Boulevard Building Water Board Building Westin Book Cadillac Hotel
Minnesota
CenturyLink Building First National Bank Building Foshay Tower Minnesota Building Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse
Mississippi
King Edward Hotel (Jackson, Mississippi) Lamar Life Building Regions Bank Building (Jackson, Mississippi) Standard Life Building Threefoot Building
Missouri
909 Walnut 925 Grand Civil Courts Building Kansas City City Hall Kansas City Power and Light Building Oak Tower Southwestern Bell Building
Nebraska
Nebraska State Capitol
New Jersey
Bamberger's Camden City Hall Eleven 80 Griffith Building Home Office Building Military Park Building National Newark Building New Jersey Bell Headquarters Building Prudential Headquarters#Gibraltar Building The Claridge Hotel Union County Courthouse (New Jersey)
New York New York City
1 Wall Street 10 East 40th Street 110 East 42nd Street 120 Wall Street 15 Broad Street 20 Exchange Place 20 West Street 21 West Street 26 Broadway 30 Rockefeller Plaza 32 Avenue of the Americas 330 West 42nd Street 40 Wall Street 500 Fifth Avenue 525 Lexington Avenue 60 Hudson Street 70 Pine Street American Radiator Building Chanin Building Chrysler Building Cunard Building Daily News Building Empire State Building Fuller Building General Electric Building Helmsley Building Metropolitan Life North Building Nelson Tower New York Life Building One Grand Central Place Paramount Building Pershing Square Building Ritz Tower Rockefeller Center Savoy-Plaza Hotel The Beresford The Century The Eldorado The Majestic The Pierre The San Remo The Sherry-Netherland Verizon Building Waldorf Astoria Wall and Hanover Building Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
Buffalo Buffalo Central Terminal Buffalo City Hall Electric Tower Liberty Building Rand Building
Rochester Sibley's, Lindsay and Curr Building Times Square Building
Syracuse Niagara Mohawk Building State Tower Building
Albany Alfred E. Smith Building Home Savings Bank Building
New Rochelle 271 North Avenue
North Carolina
112 Tryon Plaza Johnston Building (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Ohio
AT&T Huron Road Building Carew Tower Complex Fenn Tower FirstMerit Tower Guardian Bank Building Keith Building LeVeque Tower National City Bank Building Parkview Apartments (Cleveland) Standard Building Superior Building Terminal Tower The 925 Building
Oklahoma
320 South Boston Building City Place Tower (Oklahoma City) First National Center Philtower Building
Pennsylvania
Cathedral of Learning Drake Hotel Grant Building Gulf Tower Koppers Tower One South Broad PSFS Building Ritz-Carlton Suburban Station Wells Fargo Building
Rhode Island
Industrial National Bank Building Rhode Island Hospital Trust Building Turk's Head Building
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson Building Crosstown Concourse Exchange Building (Memphis) Lincoln American Tower Madison Hotel (Memphis, Tennessee) Sterick Building Tennessee Theatre The Holston
Texas
Esperson Buildings JPMorgan Chase Building Magnolia Hotel Tower Life Building
Utah Ogden/Weber Municipal Building Bigelow-Ben Lomond Hotel
Virginia Central National Bank (Richmond, Virginia) Hotel John Marshall
Washington
Paulsen Medical and Dental Building Seattle Tower
Wisconsin
AT&T Center (Milwaukee) Hilton Milwaukee City Center Wisconsin Gas Building Wisconsin Tower
Elsewhere in the world
Europe Austria
Vienna Hochhaus Herrengasse
Belgium
Antwerp Boerentoren Century Center
Brussels
Résidence de la Cambre
Ghent Centrale Universiteitsbibliotheek
Czech Republic Baťa's Skyscraper
Finland Hotel Torni
France
Villeurbanne
Germany
Aachen
Berlin
Columbushaus Europahaus
Shell-Haus
Braunschweig
Chemnitz Cammann-Hochhaus
Cologne Hansahochhaus
Dresden
Düsseldorf
Wilhelm Marx House
Essen
Gera
Hamburg Chilehaus Brahms Kontor Meßberghof