Cedar Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Iowa which lies on the Cedar River. The city has a population of 137,927 people of as of January 2026, making it the second largest city in Iowa. The city has 12 buildings which stand over tall. As of January 2026, the tallest building in Cedar Rapids is the Alliant Tower, which stands tall.
The history of high-rises in Cedar Rapids began in the late 1920s, when a building boom occurred. The boom to the construction of the tall US Bank Building in 1926, which became the tallest building in the city. The US Bank Building was surpassed in 1927 by the tall Quaker Oats Plant. The city would experience a decline in the number of high-rises being built from the 1930s to the 1960s. However, in the 1970s, the city experienced a second building boom. During this time the tall Alliant Tower was constructed, surpassing the Quaker Oats Plant as tallest building in Ceder Rapids, as well as the tallest building in Iowa outside of Des Moines.
The most recently completed high-rise is the tall CRST Center which was built in 2016. Map of tallest buildings The map below shows the locations of the buildings in Cedar Rapids that stand over in height. Each marker is given a number based on the buildings ranking in the list. The color of each marker represents the decade that the building was completed in.
Tallest buildings There are 12 buildings in Cedar Rapids that stand at least tall when including spires and other architectural details are included in the height of a building but not antennas.
+ Rank Name Image Location Height Floor CountYear Use Notes 1 Alliant Tower 21 1972 Office Tallest building in Cedar Rapids since 1972. 2 Cedar River Tower 25 1974 Residential Tallest residential building in Cedar Rapids. 3 Plaza 425 14 1983 Office 4 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids 16 1979 Hotel 5 Quaker Oats Plant 13 1927 Industrial Largest cereal mill in the world. Tallest building in Cedar Rapids from 1927 to 1972. 6 CRST Center 11 2016 Office Tallest building in Cedar Rapids built in the 2010s. 7 Veterans Memorial Building 10 1928 Government Served as City Hall until a major flood in 2008. 8 US Bank Building 12 1926 Office Tallest building in Cedar Rapids from 1926 to 1927. 9 500 Second Avenue SE 10 1980 Office 10 Mercy Medical Center 10 1969 Hospital 11 Geneva Towers 14 1971 Residential 12 The Roosevelt 12 1927 Residential Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Part of the Cedar Rapids Central Business District Commercial Historic District.
Timeline of tallest buildings + Name Image Years as tallest Height Floors US Bank Building 1926–1927 12 Quaker Oats Plant 1927–1972 13 Alliant Tower 1972–Present 21
See also List of tallest buildings in Iowa
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