The Lamar Building is an 18-story skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 in Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

Augusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...

. It was scheduled to be completed in 1916, but a fire forced crews to demolish the building and restart. It was finally completed in 1918. A penthouse

Penthouse apartment

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 level was added in 1976. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1979. It was the tallest building in Augusta from 1918 until 1993, when River Place Condominiums

River Place Condominiums

River Place Condominiums is a mixed-use residential skyscraper in Augusta, Georgia. It is the tallest building in the city and the Central Savannah River Area with 18 floors. It is also the 80th tallest building in the state of Georgia. The National Science Center at Fort Discovery on the bottom...

surpassed it. The SunTrust Bank Building stands next to the Lamar Building and has been called its "sister building".