List of tallest buildings in Anchorage
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that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
Tallest buildings
----| Rank | Name | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Location | Year | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conoco-Phillips Building Conoco-Phillips Building The Conoco-Phillips Building is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Alaska at . Located in downtown Anchorage at 700 G Street, it has 22 floors and was completed in 1983. The Conoco-Phillips Building, along with the nearby Robert B... |
296 (90) | 22 | 700 G Street 61°12′55"N 149°53′46"W |
1983 |  |
Tallest building in Anchorage since its completion in 1983 |
| 2 | Robert B. Atwood Building Robert B. Atwood Building The Robert B. Atwood Building is an office building in Downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The building houses government offices for the State of Alaska. Standing at 20 stories and 81 m , it is the second-tallest building in Alaska. The building was formerly known as the Bank of America Center... |
265 (81) | 20 | 550 West Seventh Avenue 61°12′55"N 149°53′34"W |
1983 |  |
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| 3 | Hilton Anchorage East Tower | 243 (74) | 21 | 500 West Third Avenue 61°13′10"N 149°53′31"W |
1971 | Historically called the Anchorage Tower, after the original building of the Anchorage Hotel which previously sat on the site. Tallest hotel building in Alaska | |
| 4 | JL Tower | 226 (69) | 14 | 3800 Centerpoint Drive 61°11′08"N 149°53′30"W |
2008 | Tallest building constructed in the 2000s | |
| 5 | Frontier Building | 219 (67) |
14 | 3601 C Street 61°11′16"N 149°53′07"W |
1982 | Numerous State of Alaska offices moved here from the McKay Building when this building opened. | |
| 6 | Anchorage Marriott | 214 (65) | 21 | 820 West Seventh Avenue 61°12′55"N 149°53′56"W |
2000 | ||
| 7 | McKinley Tower | 203 (62) |
14 | 338 Denali Street (also 337 East Fourth Avenue) 61°13′08"N 149°52′39"W |
1952 | Historically called the Mt. McKinley Building and the MacKay Building, it is the tallest residential building in Alaska Constructed as a 14-story HUD 604 apartment building, it was Anchorage's first high-rise building. It was later bought by Neal MacKay and converted into a state office building after it had sat for years following damage in the 1964 Alaska earthquake. The state moved out in 1982, and it sat condemned by the city for failing fire codes (between 1984 and 2006) as a well-known, dilapidated, pink eyesore earning it several derogatory nicknames. Bought in 1998 by Marc Marlow, it was later remodeled and brought up to code. It is currently the McKinley Tower Apartments. It is nearly identical to the Inlet Tower Hotel in its architectural and construction details. | |
| 8 | Sheraton Anchorage Hotel | 194 (59) | 16 | 401 East Sixth Avenue 61°13′00"N 149°52′37"W |
1979 | ||
| 9 | 188 Northern Lights | 190 (58) | 15 | 188 West Northern Lights Boulevard 61°11′42"N 149°53′10"W |
2008 | Tallest mixed-use commercial building. | |
| 10 | Denali Towers North | 184 (56) | 16 | 2550 Denali Street 61°11′50"N 149°52′39"W |
1979 | ||
| 11 | Westmark Anchorage Hotel | 157 (48) | 14 | 720 West Fifth Avenue 61°13′02"N 149°53′47"W |
1973 |  |
Previously called the Sheffield Hotel |
| 12 | Hotel Captain Cook Tower II | 154 (47) | 15 | 939 West Fifth Avenue 61°13′04"N 149°54′05"W |
1972 | ||
| Hotel Captain Cook Tower III | 18 | 939 West Fifth Avenue 61°13′04"N 149°54′00"W |
1978 | ||||
| Hilton Anchorage West Tower | 15 | 500 West Third Avenue 61°13′10"N 149°53′34"W |
1963 |  |
Historically called the Westward Tower, as it was originally constructed as a major addition to the Westward Hotel. A major addition to this tower of similar height was constructed in the 1980s, covering the site of the original Westward Hotel and its previous additions. | ||
| Inlet Tower | 14 | 1200 L Street 61°12′37"N 149°54′08"W |
1951 | Historically called the 1200 L Apartment Building. Nearly identical to the McKinley/McKay Building in its architectural and construction details. Currently a hotel. | |||
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13 | 900 East Benson Boulevard 61°11′33"N 149°51′53"W |
1985 | Originally the Sohio Building until its takeover by BP. |