List of tallest buildings in Texas facts for kids
This list of tallest buildings in Texas ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Texas by height. The tallest structure in the state, excluding radio towers, is the JP Morgan Chase Tower, in Houston, which contains 75 floors and is 1,002 ft (305 m) tall. The second-tallest building in the state is the Wells Fargo in Houston, which rises 992 feet (302 m) above the ground. As of May 2011, there are 1,217 completed high-rises in the state.
Texas's history of skyscrapers began with the completion in 1909 of the 14-story Praetorian Building in Dallas, which is considered to be the state's first high-rise. The building rose 190 feet (58 m) above ground.
Buildings in Texas taller than 600 ft (183 m)
This list ranks Texas skyscrapers that stand at least 600 feet (183 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts or other objects not part of the original plans (with the exception of the broadcast array that was added to the top of Renaissance Tower twelve years after its initial completion). Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.
| Rank | Building | Image | City | Height ft (m)n |
Floors | Year built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPMorgan Chase Tower |  |
Houston | 1,002 feet (305 m) | 75 | 1982 | Tallest building in Houston and Texas. 26th tallest building in the United States.
Tallest Pentagonal Building In The World. |
| 2 | Wells Fargo Plaza |  |
Houston | 992 feet (302 m) | 72 | 1983 | 29th tallest building in the United States. |
| 3 | Bank of America (Dallas) |  |
Dallas | 921 feet (281 m) | 72 | 1985 | Tallest building in Dallas. 40th tallest building in the United States. |
| 4 | Williams Tower |  |
Houston | 901 feet (275 m) | 64 | 1983 | 44th tallest building in the United States. Tallest building in Houston outside of downtown. Tallest building in U.S. not located in a CBD. |
| 5 | Renaissance Tower |  |
Dallas | 886 feet (270 m) | 56 | 1974 | 47th tallest building in the United States. |
| 6 | Comerica Bank Tower |  |
Dallas | 787 feet (240 m) | 60 | 1987 | 85th tallest building in the United States. |
| 7 | TC Energy Center |  |
Houston | 780 feet (238 m) | 56 | 1983 | 90th tallest building in the United States. |
| 8 | Heritage Plaza |  |
Houston | 762 feet (232 m) | 53 | 1987 | 103rd tallest building in the United States. |
| 9 | Enterprise Plaza |  |
Houston | 756 feet (230 m) | 55 | 1980 | 106th tallest building in the United States, tied with 609 Main at Texas. |
| 10 | 609 Main at Texas | Houston | 755 feet
(230 m) |
48 | 2017 | 106th tallest building in the United States, tied with Enterprise Plaza. | |
| 11 | Centerpoint Energy Plaza |  |
Houston | 741 feet (226 m) | 47 | 1974 | 127th tallest building in the United States. |
| 12 | JPMorgan Chase Tower |  |
Dallas | 738 feet (225 m) | 55 | 1987 | 132nd tallest building in the United States. |
| 13 | Continental Center I |  |
Houston | 732 feet (223 m) | 53 | 1984 | 137th tallest building in the United States. |
| 14 | Fulbright Tower |  |
Houston | 725 feet (221 m) | 52 | 1982 | 145th tallest building in the United States. |
| 15 | Fountain Place |  |
Dallas | 720 feet (219 m) | 62 | 1986 | 152nd tallest building in the United States. |
| 16 | One Shell Plaza |  |
Houston | 714 feet (218 m) | 50 | 1971 | Tallest building in Texas until 1974. 156th tallest building in the United States. |
| 17 | 1400 Smith Street | Houston | 691 feet (211 m) | 50 | 1983 | ||
| 18 | The Independent |  |
Austin | 690 feet (210 m) | 58 | 2019 | The tallest all-residential building in the United States west of the Mississippi River; tallest building in Texas outside Houston and Dallas; Tallest building in Austin. |
| 19 | Trammell Crow Center |  |
Dallas | 686 feet (209 m) | 50 | 1985 | |
| 20 | Three Allen Center |  |
Houston | 685 feet (209 m) | 50 | 1980 | |
| 21 | The Austonian |  |
Austin | 683 feet (208 m) | 56 | 2010 | |
| 22 | 1 Houston Center | Houston | 678 feet (207 m) | 48 | 1978 | ||
| 23 | First City Tower | Houston | 662 feet (202 m) | 49 | 1981 | ||
| 24 | 1700 Pacific |  |
Dallas | 660 feet (201 m) | 50 | 1983 | |
| 25 | Thanksgiving Tower |  |
Dallas | 645 feet (197 m) | 50 | 1982 | |
| 26 | BG Group Place |  |
Houston | 630 feet (192 m) | 46 | 2011 | |
| 27 | Energy Plaza |  |
Dallas | 629 feet (192 m) | 49 | 1983 | |
| 28 | The National |  |
Dallas | 625 feet (191 m) | 52 | 1965 | Tallest building west of the Mississippi River until 1969. Tallest building in Texas until 1971. |
| San Felipe Plaza |  |
Houston | 625 feet (191 m) | 45 | 1984 | ||
| 30 | Tower of the Americas |  |
San Antonio | 622 feet (190 m) | 3 | 1968 | Tallest building in San Antonio and the second-tallest observation tower in the United States (the Stratosphere Las Vegas is taller). Its antenna makes it 750-feet tall, and if included, the tallest structure in the state outside of Dallas and Houston. |
| 31 | ExxonMobil Building |  |
Houston | 607 feet (185 m) | 44 | 1963 | |
| 32 | Gables Republic Tower |  |
Dallas | 602 feet (183 m) | 36 | 1954 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Edificios más altos de Texas para niños
