List of tallest buildings in Cincinnati

Aerial view of downtown Cincinnati (2010)

This is a list of tallest buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

Tallest buildings[]

This lists ranks 28 Cincinnati-area skyscrapers that stand at least 250 feet (76 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Some of the below buildings are not in Cincinnati but rather a neighboring community. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Note	Reference
1	Great American Tower at Queen City Square		665 / 203	41	2010	Tallest building in Cincinnati, third-tallest in Ohio.
2	Carew Tower		574 / 175	49	1931	Second-tallest in Cincinnati, tallest from 1931 until 2010.	^[1]
3	Fourth and Vine Tower		495 / 151	31	1913	When completed was the fifth-tallest building in the world, and the tallest building in the world outside of New York City and Philadelphia.	^[2]
4	Scripps Center		468 / 143	36	1990	Tallest building built in Cincinnati in the 1990s.
5	Fifth Third Center		423 / 129	32	1969	Headquarters of Fifth Third Bank
6			418 / 127	30	1984
7			410 / 125	32	1991	Headquarters of First Financial Bank, Roto-Rooter, and Chemed
8	Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza		372 / 113	31	1931
9			368 / 112	29	1984	Former headquarters of Chiquita
10	PNC Center		354 / 108	27	1979	Tallest building completed in the 1970s.
11=		—	351 / 107	28	1984
11=		—	351 / 107	26	1981
12=		—	350 / 107	32	1977
12=	36 East Seventh	—	350 / 107	26	1989	Discrepancies exist about the building's height. An Emporis estimate^[3] lists the height as 349.86 feet (and the building is placed as such in the table), but analysis from another source^[4] suggests that the building is 322 feet tall. With either height number, the building would remain in the same place on the table relative to other structures.
13		—	322 / 99	24	1990	Not to be confused with The Edgecliff, a 231-foot structure residing nearby. (The Edgecliff is not listed here because it does not meet the 250-foot minimum height requirement.)
14	Kroger Building		320 / 98	25	1954	Kroger Co.'s headquarters
15	Macy's Building		317 / 97	21	1978	Former Macy's headquarters.
16	Enquirer Building		312 / 95	25	1992
17		—	309 / 95	23	1985
18		—	308 / 94	18	1990
19	The Ascent at Roebling Bridge		293 / 89	21	2008	Located in Covington, Kentucky. Kentucky's 19th-tallest building.
20		—	292 / 88	15	1998
21	Terrace Plaza Hotel		272 / 83	19	1949
22	Duke Energy Building		269 / 82	18	1929	Designed by Cincinnati architectural firm Garber & Woodward and John Russell Pope
23	National City Tower (Cincinnati)		263 / 80	20	1968
24			260 / 79	23	1984
25	Fourth & Walnut Center		255 / 78	19	1904	Tallest building in Cincinnati from 1904 to 1913.
25		—	255 / 78	18	1928
26	Bartlett Building		252 / 77	19	1901	Tallest building in Cincinnati from 1901 to 1904.
26		—	252 / 77	20	1981