List of tallest buildings in Michigan

The Renaissance Center, Detroit.

The following is a list comprising the fifty tallest skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Michigan. Skyscrapers are listed in descending order, from first to fiftieth. This tallest fifty includes completed, existing, free-standing skyscrapers. Height does not take into account subterranean floors, antennas, or other non-structural additions. There is also a timeline of the tallest buildings in Michigan and a timeline of the tallest skyscrapers. The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan contains the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.^[1]

Tallest skyscrapers

One Detroit Center

The Penobscot and Guardian Buildings tower over the Detroit Financial District.

3000 Town Center, Southfield, the tallest in suburban Detroit

Skyscrapers in downtown Grand Rapids.

Boji Tower, Lansing's tallest building, located downtown

Rank	Name	City	Year	Floors	Height feet / m	Reference
1	Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center	Detroit	1977	73^[A]	727 / 222	[2]
2	One Detroit Center	Detroit	1993	43	619 / 189	[3]
3	Penobscot Building	Detroit	1928	47	565 / 172	[4]
4-T	Renaissance Center 100	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159	[5][6]
4-T	Renaissance Center 200	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159	[7][8]
4-T	Renaissance Center 300	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159	[9][10]
4-T	Renaissance Center 400	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159	[11][12]
8	Guardian Building	Detroit	1929	40	496 / 151	[13][14]
9	Book Tower	Detroit	1926	38	475 / 145	[15][16]
10	150 West Jefferson	Detroit	1989	26	455 / 139	[17][18]
11	Fisher Building	Detroit	1928	30	444 / 135
12-T	Cadillac Tower	Detroit	1927	40	437 / 133
12-T	David Stott Building	Detroit	1929	32	437 / 133
14	One Woodward Avenue	Detroit	1963	28	430 / 131
15	River House Condominiums	Grand Rapids	2008	34	406 / 124	[19]
16	3000 Town Center	Southfield	1975	32	402 / 122	[20]
17	1000 Town Center	Southfield	1989	28	395 / 120	[20]
18	Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building	Detroit	1976	27	393 / 120
19	Detroit Edison Plaza	Detroit	1971	25	374 / 114
20	2000 Town Center	Southfield	1986	28	370 / 113	[20]
21	David Broderick Tower	Detroit	1928	35	369 / 113
22	211 West Fort Street	Detroit	1963	27	368 / 112
23	Buhl Building	Detroit	1925	29	366 / 112	[21][22]
24	Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel	Detroit	1924	29	349 / 106	[23][24]
25	Greektown Casino Hotel	Detroit	2009	30	348 / 106	[25]
26	Top of Troy Building	Troy	1975	25	346 / 106	[26]
27-T	Boji Tower	Lansing	1931	23	345 / 105
27-T	Plaza Towers	Grand Rapids	1991	34	345 / 105
29	First National Building	Detroit	1930	26	341 / 104	[27][28]
30-T	Renaissance Center 500	Detroit	1977	21	339 / 103	[29][30]
30-T	Renaissance Center 600	Detroit	1977	21	339 / 103	[31][32]
32	1001 Woodward	Detroit	1965	23	338 / 103
33	Millender Center Apartments	Detroit	1985	33	332 / 101
34	American Center	Southfield	1975	25	331 / 101	[20]
35	5000 Town Center	Southfield	1983	33	328 / 100	[20]
36	SBC Building Addition	Detroit	1974	17	327 / 100
37	Chrysler House	Detroit	1913	23	324 / 99	[33][34]
38	Jeffersonian Apartments	Detroit	1965	30	322 / 99
39	SBC Building	Detroit	1912	19	319 / 97
40-T	Amway Grand Plaza Hotel	Grand Rapids	1983	29	318 / 97
40-T	Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Center	Detroit	1971	22	318 / 97
40-T	Coleman A. Young Municipal Center	Detroit	1954	20	318 / 97
43	Penobscot Building Annex	Detroit	1913	23	310 / 94	[35][36]
44-T	1300 Lafayette East Cooperative	Detroit	1961	21	305 / 93	[37][38]
44-T	Riverfront Tower 300	Detroit	1983	21	305 / 93
44-T	Riverfront Tower 200	Detroit	1983	21	305 / 93
47	Executive Plaza	Detroit	1967	22	290 / 88
48	Ford Building	Detroit	1909	19	275 / 84
49	David Whitney Building	Detroit	1916	19	272 / 83
50	Bridgewater Place	Grand Rapids	1993	18	271 / 83
51	Tower Plaza	Ann Arbor	1969	26	267 / 81

Timeline of tallest buildings

St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Fort Street Presbyterian Church.

The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Michigan on a year-to-year basis. The chart below shows the building, years as tallest, and its height.

Name	Street address in Detroit	Years as tallest	Height feet / m	Floors	Reference
First Michigan State Capitol	Capitol Park	1828–1866	140 / 43	2	[39]
Most Holy Trinity Church	1050 Porter Street	1866–1871	170 / 52	1	[40]
Former Detroit City Hall	Campus Martius Park	1871–1877	200 / 61	4	[41]
St. Joseph Church	1828 Jay Street	1873–1877	200 / 61	1	[42]
Fort Street Presbyterian Church	631 West Fort Street	1877–1909	265 / 81	1	[43]
Ford Building	615 Griswold Street	1909–1913	275 / 84	19	[44]
Penobscot Building Annex	144 West Congress Street	1913	310 / 95	23	[36]
Chrysler House	719 Griswold Street	1913–1924	324 / 99	23	[34]
Book-Cadillac Hotel	220 Michigan Avenue	1924–1925	349 / 106	29	[24]
Buhl Building	535 Griswold Street	1925–1926	366 / 112	29	[22]
Book Tower	1265 Washington Boulevard	1926–1928	475 / 145	38	[16]
Penobscot Building	633 Griswold Street	1928–1977	565 / 172	47	[4]
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center	1 Renaissance Center Drive	1977–present	727 / 222	70	[2]

Timeline of tallest skyscrapers

The Chrysler House in the Detroit Financial District.

The following is a list of the tallest skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Michigan on a year-to-year basis. The chart below shows the skyscraper, its height, when it was completed, how long it was the tallest, and what skyscraper surpassed it. The Frank & Seder (1881) is considered Detroit's oldest existing iron-framed tall building. The Hammond Building (1889) is considered Detroit's first steel-framed skyscraper, though it is now demolished. Detroit's oldest existing steel-framed skyscraper is the 12-story United Way Community Services Building (1895) at 1212 Griswold, originally known as the Chamber of Commerce Building.

Name	City	Height feet / m	Year	Period	Surpassed by
Frank & Seder Building	Detroit	135 / 41	1881	8 years	Hammond Building[45]
Hammond Building	Detroit	150 / 46	1889	6 years	United Way Community Services Building
United Way Community Services Building	Detroit	160 / 49	1895	1 year	Majestic Building
Majestic Building	Detroit	223 / 68	1896	13 years	Ford Building
Ford Building	Detroit	275 / 84	1909	4 years	Penobscot Annex
Penobscot Annex	Detroit	310 / 94	1913	<1 year	Chrysler House
Chrysler House	Detroit	324 / 99	1913	12 years	Book-Cadillac Hotel[24]
Book-Cadillac Hotel	Detroit	349 / 106	1925	<1 year	Buhl Building
Buhl Building	Detroit	366 / 112	1925	1 year	Book Tower
Book Tower	Detroit	475 / 145	1926	2 years	Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building	Detroit	565 / 172	1928	51 years	Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center	Detroit	727 / 222	1977	currently	incumbent

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Detroit
• List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
• List of tallest buildings in the United States

Notes

A. ^ ^{a b c} General Motors, the owner of the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, maintains that the building has 73 floors.^[46] Hines Interests, the property management firm for the building, gives a floor count of 74,^[47] while architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill gives a floor count of 75.^[48] Emporis and other building database sites usually give the floor count as 70,^[49] while other sources state 73 stories.^[50] This table uses the floor count of 73 as stated officially by the building's owner.

References

General

• Emporis.com

Specific

1. "Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
2. "Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
3. "One Detroit Center". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
4. "Penobscot Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
5. "Renaissance Center 100 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
6. "Renaissance Center Tower 100". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
7. "Renaissance Center 200 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
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9. "Renaissance Center 300 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
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11. "Renaissance Center 400 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
12. "Renaissance Center Tower 400". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
13. "Guardian Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
14. "Guardian Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
15. "Book Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
16. "Book Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
17. "150 West Jefferson". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
18. "150 West Jefferson". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
19. "River House". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
20. "Southfield". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
21. "Buhl Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
22. "Buhl Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
23. "Westin Book-Cadillac Detroit". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
24. "Westin Book-Cadillac Detroit". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
25. "Greektown Casino Hotel". Emporis. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
26. "Troy". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
27. "First National Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
28. "First National Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
29. "Renaissance Center 500 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
30. "Renaissance Center Tower 500". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
31. "Renaissance Center 600 Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
32. "Renaissance Center Tower 600". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
33. "Dime Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
34. "Dime Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
35. "Penobscot Building Annex". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
36. "Penobscot Building Annex". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
37. "1300 Lafayette Cooperative". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
38. "1300 Lafayette Cooperative". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
39. "Michigan State Capitol". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
40. "Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
41. "Detroit City Hall". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
42. "St. Joseph Church". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
43. "Fort Street Presbyterian Church". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
44. "Ford Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
45. "Hammond Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
46. "About GM Renaissance Center". General Motors. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
47. "GM Renaissance Center". Hines Interests Limited Partnership. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
48. "General Motors Renaissance Center - Interiors". Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
49. "Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center". Structurae. Nicolas Janberg ICS. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
50. Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.

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