List of tallest buildings in Jacksonville

This list of tallest buildings in Jacksonville ranks skyscraper

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s and high-rises in the U.S.

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city of Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...

, Florida

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by height. The tallest building in Jacksonville is currently the Bank of America Tower

Bank of America Tower (Jacksonville)

The Bank of America Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is the tallest building in Jacksonville, and the ninth-tallest in the state of Florida...

, which stands 617 feet (188 m

Metre

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) tall.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks Jacksonville skyscrapers that stand at least 162 feet (50 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on height at time of inclusion.

Rank	Name	Street Address	Height feet / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Bank of America Tower Bank of America Tower (Jacksonville) The Bank of America Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is the tallest building in Jacksonville, and the ninth-tallest in the state of Florida...	50 North Laura Street	617 / 188	42	1990	Formerly known as the Barnett Bank Center
2	Wells Fargo Center	1 Independent Drive	535 / 163	37	1974	Formerly known as the Independent Life Building and the Modis Building; tallest building in Florida from 1974 to 1981.
3	AT&T Tower AT&T Tower (Jacksonville) The AT&T Tower, also known as AT&T Building, is a skyscraper in Jacksonville, Florida. Standing 447 feet tall, it is currently the city's third-tallest building but is the largest in terms of class "A" rentable area with .-History:...	301 West Bay Street	447 / 136	32	1983	Originally known as the BellSouth (Southern Bell) Building
4	The Peninsula at St. Johns Center The Peninsula at St. Johns Center The Peninsula at St. Johns Center is a condominium in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. It is the fourth tallest tower in Jacksonville at 437 feet. Groundbreaking was in 2006 and was completed in 2008. The Peninsula is located at 1431 Riverplace Boulevard....	1401 Riverplace Boulevard	437 / 133	36	2006
5	Riverplace Tower Riverplace Tower The Riverplace Tower is a 28-floor office building on the south bank of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in the state of Florida, as well as Jacksonville, and the defining landmark in the skyline.-History:The Auchter Company,...	1301 Riverplace Boulevard	432 / 132	28	1967	Formerly known as the Gulf Life Tower. Was the world's tallest precast, post-tensioned concrete structure until 2002.
6	SunTrust Tower	76 South Laura Street	357 / 109	24	1989	Formerly known as Jacksonville Center
7	The Strand at St. Johns Center	1401 Riverplace Boulevard	328 / 100	28	2006
8	Aetna Building	841 Prudential Drive	309 / 94	22	1954	Previously known as the Prudential Building
9	Two Prudential Plaza	San Marco Boulevard	305 / 93	21	1985
10	Wachovia Tower	225 Water Street	299 / 91	21	1986
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield Building	532 Riverside Avenue	287 / 88	19	1971
12	BB&T Building	200 West Forsyth Street	278 / 85	18	1974
13	John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse The Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse is a courthouse and U.S. federal government facility in Jacksonville, Florida. It houses:*The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, and corresponding offices of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the...	300 North Hogan Street	277 / 85	15	2002
14	JEA Tower	21 West Church Street	268 / 82	19	1963	Originally known as the Universal-Marion Building
15	JEA Office Building	233 West Duval Street	260 / 79	18	1955	Originally the Independent Life Office Building
16	CSX Transportation Building	500 Water Street	253 / 77	17	1960
17	Berkman Plaza I	400 East Bay Street	250 / 76	23	2003
18	San Marco Place	1300 Riverplace Boulevard	246 / 75	21	2006
19	Baptist Medical Pavilion	800 Prudential Drive	230 / 70	18	1986
20	Barnett National Bank Building Barnett National Bank Building The Barnett National Bank Building is a skyscraper in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida.The building was erected in 1926, and was Jacksonville's tallest building at the time, surpassing the Heard National Bank Building. It was designed by architecture firm Mowbray & Uffinger for Barnett Bank...	112 West Adams Street	223 / 68	18	1926
21	Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront	225 Coast Line Drive East	216 / 66	18	2001	Formerly known as the Adams Mark Hotel
22	City Hall Annex	200 East Bay Street	210 / 64	15	1960
23	11 East Forsyth	11 East Forsyth Street	200 / 61	17	1926
24	Omni Jacksonville Hotel	245 Water Street	190 / 58	16	1987
25	Cathedral Terrace	701 North Ocean Street	190 / 58	21	1974
26	Mount Carmel Garden Apartments	5846 Mount Carmel Terrace	190 / 58	17	1972
27	Cathedral Townhouse	501 North Ocean Street	186 / 57	18	1970
28	Riverside Presbyterian Apartments	1045 Oak Street	183 / 56	18	1973
29	550 Water Street	550 Water Street	180 / 55	14	1982
30	Fidelity National Financial Tower 2	601 Riverside Avenue	180 / 55	13	2007
31	Cathedral Towers	601 North Newman Street	177 / 54	17	1968
32	Tower Place Apartments	303 West Ashley Street	177 / 54	16	1950	AKA St. John's Apartments
33	The Carling	33 West Adams Street	171 / 52	13	1926	AKA American Heritage Life Building and the Carling Hotel

Chronology of the tallest buildings in Jacksonville

This is a list of buildings that were the tallest in Jacksonville when they were built, beginning in the early 20th century, when the skyscraper

Skyscraper

boom began in Florida.

Years tallest	Name	Height ft / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year completed	Notes
1902–1909	Dyal-Upchurch Building Dyal-Upchurch Building The Dyal-Upchurch Building is a six-story, 43,747-square-foot historic building in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 4 East Bay Street, and was designed by architect Henry John Klutho. On April 17, 1980, it was added to the U.S...	82 feet (25 m)	6	1902	Built after the Great Fire of 1901 Great Fire of 1901 The Great Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, Florida was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the largest urban fire in the Southeast. It was similar in scale and destruction to the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.-Origin:... . The tallest building in Florida until 1909.
1909–1912	121 Atlantic Place 121 Atlantic Place 121 Atlantic Place, formerly the Atlantic National Bank Building, is a historic skyscraper in Jacksonville, Florida. It was built in 1909 as the headquarters for the Atlantic National Bank, and is located at 121 West Forsyth Street...	135 feet (41.1 m)	10	1909	The tallest building in Florida until 1912.
1912–1913	Florida Life Building Florida Life Building The Laura Street Trio is a group of three historic buildings located on and near Laura Street in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The Trio consists of two perpendicularly-arranged skyscrapers, the Florida Life Building and the Bisbee Building, plus a third structure, the Old Florida National Bank ,...	148 feet (45.1 m)	11	1912	Part of the Laura Street Trio. The tallest building in Florida until 1913.
1913–1926	Heard National Bank Building	180 feet (54.9 m)	15	1913	The tallest building in Florida until 1925. It is the only one of Jacksonville's and Florida's tallest buildings since 1902 to have been demolished. It was torn down in 1981; the Bank of America Tower Bank of America Tower (Jacksonville) The Bank of America Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is the tallest building in Jacksonville, and the ninth-tallest in the state of Florida... now stands on the site.
1926–1954	Barnett National Bank Building Barnett National Bank Building The Barnett National Bank Building is a skyscraper in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida.The building was erected in 1926, and was Jacksonville's tallest building at the time, surpassing the Heard National Bank Building. It was designed by architecture firm Mowbray & Uffinger for Barnett Bank...	224 feet (68.3 m)	18	1926
1954–1967	Aetna Building	309 feet (94.2 m)	22	1928
1967–1974	Riverplace Tower Riverplace Tower The Riverplace Tower is a 28-floor office building on the south bank of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in the state of Florida, as well as Jacksonville, and the defining landmark in the skyline.-History:The Auchter Company,...	417 feet (127.1 m)	28	1967	Tallest building in Florida until 1972.
1974–1990	Wells Fargo Center	535 feet (163.1 m)	37	1974	Formerly known as the Independent Life Building and the Modis Building. Tallest building in Florida until 1981, and the last of the tallest to be in Jacksonville.
1990–present	Bank of America Tower Bank of America Tower (Jacksonville) The Bank of America Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is the tallest building in Jacksonville, and the ninth-tallest in the state of Florida...	617 feet (188.1 m)	43	1990	Jacksonville's current tallest building.

Tallest buildings

Chronology of the tallest buildings in Jacksonville

See also