List of tallest buildings in Louisville

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Louisville skyline

This list of tallest buildings in Louisville ranks skyscrapers in the United States city of Louisville, Kentucky by height. The tallest building in the city is 400 West Market, which rises 167 meters/550 feet. It was completed in 1993.

Tallest buildings

400 West Market, the tallest building in Louisville

National City Tower, 2nd tallest building in Louisville

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PNC Plaza, the city's 3rd tallest building

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The West Tower of the Galt House is the 11th tallest building in Louisville.

The 800 Apartments, Louisville's 14th tallest building

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Heyburn Building, the city's 17th tallest building

This list ranks Louisville skyscrapers that stand at least 37 meters tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	400 West Market	549 / 167	35	1993	Formerly Capital Holding Tower; formerly Providian Center; tallest building in Kentucky, 1993 to present
2	National City Tower	512 / 156	40	1972	Formerly First National Tower; tallest building in Kentucky, 1972–1993
3	PNC Plaza	420 / 128	30	1971	Formerly Citizens Plaza; tallest building in Kentucky, 1971–1972
4	Humana Building	417 / 127	27	1985
5	Waterfront Park Place	364 / 111	23	2004	Tallest residential building in Kentucky, 2004–present
6	B&W Tower	363 / 111	26	1982
7	Meidinger Tower	363 / 111	26	1982
8	Waterfront Plaza II	340 / 104	25	1993
9	Waterfront Plaza I	340 / 104	25	1991
10	E.ON U.S. Center	328 / 100	23	1989
11	Galt House (West Tower)	325 / 99	25	1972	Tallest hotel in Kentucky
12	Galt House (East Tower)	322 / 98	20	1985
13	BB&T Building	312 / 95	24	1972
14	The 800 Apartments	290 / 88	29	1963	Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1963–1971; tallest residential building in Kentucky 1963-2004
15	Commonwealth Building	255 / 78	21	1928	Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1955–1963; demolished
16	Louisville Metro Housing Authority Avenue Plaza Apartments	250 / 76	18	1974
17	Heyburn Building	250 / 76	17	1927	Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1928–1955
18	Blanton House Apartments	246 / 75	20	1972
19	Hyatt Regency Hotel	246 / 75	18	1978
20	Dosker Manor East, Louisville Metro Housing Authority	246 / 75	18	1968
21	Dosker Manor West, Louisville Metro Housing Authority	246 / 75	18	1968
22	Kentucky Home Life Building	235 / 72	19	1912
23	Washington Building	204 / 62	15	1906	demolished
24	Kentucky Towers Apartments	202 / 61	19	1925
25	Starks Building	202 / 61	14	1913
26	River View Place	201 / 61	19	1925
27	Marriott Hotel Louisville	200 / 61	17	2005
28	Kaden Tower	196 / 60	15	1966
29	Waterside Building	184 / 56	11	1923
30	AT&T (BellSouth) Building	184 / 56	10	1930
31	Preston Pointe	171 / 52	8	2004
32	Brown Hotel	164 / 50	16	1923
33	Old U.S. Post Office and Customs House	164 / 50	5	19??	demolished
34	Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building	164 / 50	11	1907
35	Columbia Building	162 / 49	10	1890	demolished
36	Merchants Ice Tower	157 / 48	13	1920
37	Seelbach Hotel	145 / 44	12	1906
38	Chestnut Centre	143 / 44	11	1920
39	Republic Building	138 / 42	11	1916
40	Henry Watterson Hotel	131 / 40	11	1912	demolished
41	Weissinger-Gaulbert Apartments	125 / 38	10	19??
42	Commodore Apartments	120 / 37	11	1929
43	First Trust Centre	117 / 36	7	1889
44	Louisville Courier-Journal Building	116 / 35	8	1948
45	The Henry Clay (old YMCA Building)	116 / 35	8	1924

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

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If plans for it had not been abandoned in 2011, Museum Plaza would have been the tallest building in Louisville if built

This lists buildings that are under construction, approved for construction or were proposed for construction in Louisville and are planned to rise at least 250 feet (76 m), but are not yet completed structures. Under construction buildings that have already been topped out are also included.

Rank	Name	Height* ft / m	Floors*	Year* (est.)	Status	Notes
1	Museum Plaza	703 / 214	62	n/a	cancelled; plans abandoned
2	Omni Hotel and apartment tower	480	30 +	2015	proposed
3	Capital Plaza	380 / 116	25	2012	proposed
4	Jefferson Development		18	2010	proposed
5	Willow Grande		17	2011	proposed
6	RiverPark Place Tower 2		16	2008	proposed
7	RiverPark Place Tower 1		16	2008	proposed
8	ZirMed Gateway Towers		12	2009	completed

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft / m	Floors	Reference

See also

• Tallest buildings in downtown Louisville
• List of tallest buildings in Kentucky

References

• Emporis - Tallest buildings in Louisville