List of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City skyline

The Wells Fargo Center is the tallest building in Salt Lake City

This list of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City, Utah by height. The tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Center, which rises 422 feet (129 m) and was completed in 1998.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Center[1]		422 / 128.6	26	1998	Originally the American Stores Tower. 400' at roof level, has a total height of 422' (does not include antenna). Has two rooftop heliports.
2	LDS Church Office Building[1]		420 / 128	28[2]	1973	There is an observation deck on the 26th floor.[2]
3	111 South Main[3]		380 / 115.824	23	2016	Currently under construction. Developer: City Creek Reserve, Inc.
4	99 West[4]		375 / 114.3	30	2010	The structure topped out in 2009 and completed in 2010. Opened in 2011. 99 West is the tallest residential tower in the City Creek Center and in Salt Lake City.
5	Key Bank Tower [5]		351 / 107	27	1976	Previously the Beneficial Life Tower, renamed in 2008. Not to be mistaken with Key Bank Tower that was imploded in 2007.
6	One Utah Center[6]		350 / 107	24[7]	1991	420,000 sq. ft. class A office building at 201 S. Main St. Project was completed at a cost of $102 million.
7	Beneficial Financial Group Tower(Gateway Tower West)[8]		335 / 102	20	1998	Originally the Gateway Tower West. Briefly renamed Beneficial Life Tower.
8	Grand America Hotel[9]		328 / 100	24	2001	Salt Lake City's only AAA Five Diamond hotel.[10] The main structure, not including the cupola or flagpole, is 249 feet. 328 feet with the cupola and flagpole, according to the hotel engineer. Tallest all-hotel building in the state. The hotel's façade is covered in 300,000 square feet of Vermont white granite. The interior has English all-wool carpets and Milanese and Venetian chandeliers.[11]
9=	American Tower North[12]		324 / 99	26	1982
9=	American Tower South[13]		324 / 99	26	1982
11	World Trade Center at City Creek[14]		320 / 98	22	1986	Original called the Eagle Gate Plaza and Eagle Gate Tower
12	222 South Main[15]		315 / 96	22	2009	First 20+ story skyscraper completed since the Grand America Hotel in 2001, and also the home to one of the largest Investment Banking Organization in the United States, Goldman Sachs
13	Hilton Salt Lake City Center[16]		296 / 90	18	1983
14	Utah State Capitol[17]		285 / 87	5	1915
15	Little America Hotel and Towers[18]		280 / 85	17	1980
16	136 East South Temple[19]		274 / 84	25	1966	Originally named the University Club Building.
17	Zions Bank Building (Gateway Tower East)[20]		267 / 81	18	1962 (renovated in 2006)	Originally named the Kennecott Building, the Zion Bank Building was renovated in 2005–2006 and received a post-modern stone and glass façade updating its 1960s skin. Workers removed and recycled over 600,000 pounds of copper that once adorned the Kennecott Building during this renovation process.[21]
18	The Regent (City Creek)[22]		265 / 81	23	2011
19	Marriott Downtown at City Creek Hotel[23]		263 / 80	16	1981
20	Salt Lake City and County Building[24]		256 / 78	5	1894	The central tower has a height of 239 feet[25] topped with a cupola and a 12.5 foot statue of Columbia.[26]
21	HK Tower[27]		231 / 70	14	1982
22	Red Lion Hotel[28]		230 / 70	14
23	Walker Center[29]		220 / 67	16	1912	Originally called the Walker Bank Building, it was constructed for the Walker Brothers Bank. The tallest building in Salt Lake City when completed in 1912. A 90-foot radio tower was erected in 1947 for use by the KDYL radio and television station, the first television station in Utah. After a few years the station moved the television transmitters, but the tower remained and on each of the four sides were hung letters to spell out Walker, while Bank was around the perimeter of the top of the building's three-story tower.[30]
24=	Hotel Monaco (Salt Lake)[31]		214 / 65	13	1924	Originally called the Continental Bank Building. Its design composition is narrow and vertical and combines a Second Renaissance Revival treatment of the bottom two floors with a strictly utilitarian treatment of the upper floors. The overall design reflects a period of eclecticism during which traditional and modern elements were often joined. Decorative elements include carved stone faces and cartouches, a classical cornice and an original exterior clock.[32]
24=	Holiday Inn Express Salt Lake City Downtown[33]		214 / 65	13		Originally, the Shilo Inn, this property was renovated in 2015.
26	Salt Lake Temple[34]		210 / 64	4	1893	Construction started in 1853 and took 40 years to complete. The 50 moonstones on the buttresses of the temple depict the phases of the moon throughout the year (e.g., April on the east side, October on the west side). Additionally, there are sunstones, earth stones, a depiction of the constellation Ursa Major, and cloud stones. Brigham Young instructed the temple architect, Truman O. Angell Sr., that "there will be three towers on the east, representing the President and his two counselors; also three similar towers on the west representing the Presiding Bishop and his two counselors; the towers on the east the Melchisedek priesthood, those on the west the Aaronic priesthood. The center towers will be higher than those on the sides, and the west towers a little lower than those on the east end. The body of the building will be between these."[35] The dedicatory plaque on the temple's eastern middle tower reads "Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Commenced April 6, 1853. Completed April 6, 1893."
27=	US Bank Tower (former Wells Fargo Plaza)[36]		209 / 64	15	1984
27=	CenturyLink Building (former Qwest Building)[37]		209 / 64	15	1980
27=	J.C. Penney Building[38]		209 / 64	15	1973
30	Marriott City Center[39]		198 / 60	13	2000
31=	Broadway Centre[40]		196 / 60	14	1992
31=	Parkside Tower[41]		196 / 60	14	1984
33	First Security Building[42]		192 / 59	14	1919	Originally called the Deseret National Bank Building (Deseret Building is carved into the façade). It was acquired by First Security Bank in 1932. It retains a "First Security" sign on the top of its façade.[43]
34	Ken Garff Building[44]		191 / 58	12	1955	Originally called the First Security Building. It's Utah's finest example of the modernist movement's International Style.[45] The Ken Garff Building was a First Security Bank and Wells Fargo Bank building for a time. It was the first high-rise built in the city since the Hotel Monaco was completed in 1924.
35=	Joseph Smith Memorial Building[46]		182 / 55	13	1911	Originally the Hotel Utah. An example of "Neo-classical Revival" or the subtype "modern Italian Renaissance" as described by the architects.[47]
35=	257 Towers Building[48]		182 / 55	13	1986
37	185 South State[49]		175 / 53	13	1982
38	50 West Broadway[50]		168 / 51	12	1983	Recently housed Chase Bank. It now houses Broadway Media Group.
39=	Boston Building (Salt Lake)[51]		164 / 50	11	1908	With the Newhouse Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse and designed by Henry Ives Cobb.[52]
39=	Newhouse Building (Salt Lake)[53]		164 / 50	11	1909	Along with the Boston Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb.[52]
41	143 South Main(former Tribune Building)[54]		145 / 44	10	1924
42	Kearns Building[55]		144 / 43.9	10	1910	Built by mining businessman Thomas Kearns, this building is one of the finest examples of the Sullivanesque Style in the intermountain west. Designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom.[56]
43=	Deseret News Building(former location)[57]		126 / 38	9	1997
43=	City Center I[58]		126 / 38	9	1986
45=	Richards Court West[59]		125 / 38	10	2010
45=	Richards Court East[60]		125 / 38	10	2010
47	LDS Business College[61]		121 / 37	9	1984 (renovated in 2006)	Part of the Triad Center complex.
48	Judge Building[62]		102 / 31	7	1909	An example of the Commercial Style. Built by mining businesswoman Mary Judge. Designed by David C. Dart.[63]

Timeline of Tallest Buildings

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Years Tallest	Notes
1	Salt Lake Temple[34]		210 / 64	4	1893–1894
2	Salt Lake City and County Building[64]		256 / 78	5	1894–1908
3	Boston Building (Salt Lake)[51]		164 / 50	11	1908–1911
4	Joseph Smith Memorial Building[46]		182 / 55	13	1911–1912
5	Walker Center[29]		220 / 67	16	1912–1962
6	Zions Bank Center (Gateway Tower East)[20]		267 / 81	18	1962–1966
7	136 East South Temple[19]		274 / 84	25	1966–1973
8	LDS Church Office Building[1]		420 / 128	30	1973–1998
9	Wells Fargo Center[1]		422 / 128.6	26	1998–present

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