List of tallest buildings in Michigan

The following is a list comprising the fifty tallest skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. Skyscrapers are listed in descending order, from first to fiftieth. This tallest fifty includes completed, existing, free-standing skyscrapers. Height does not take into account subterranean floors, antennas, or other non-structural additions. There is also a timeline of the tallest buildings in Michigan

Michigan

and a timeline of the tallest skyscrapers. The Renaissance Center

Renaissance Center

Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...

in Detroit, Michigan

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contains the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere

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Tallest skyscrapers

Rank	Name	City	Year	Floors	Height feet / m
1.	Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center Renaissance Center Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...	Detroit	1977	73	727 / 222
2.	One Detroit Center	Detroit	1993	43	619 / 189
3.	Penobscot Building Penobscot Building The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a skyscraper and class-A office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Rising 566 feet , the 47-story Penobscot was the tallest building in Michigan from its completion in 1928 until the construction of the Renaissance...	Detroit	1928	47	565 / 172
T-4.	Renaissance Center 100	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159
T-4.	Renaissance Center 200	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159
T-4.	Renaissance Center 300	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159
T-4.	Renaissance Center 400	Detroit	1977	39	522 / 159
8.	Guardian Building Guardian Building The Guardian Building is a skyscraper at 500 Griswold Street in the downtown of the city of Detroit, in the state of Michigan, in the United States of America. The Guardian is a class-A office building owned by Wayne County, Michigan and serves as its headquarters...	Detroit	1929	40	496 / 151
9.	Book Tower Book Tower Book Tower is a , 38-story skyscraper in the Washington Boulevard Historic District of Detroit, Michigan. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance-style building in 1916 as an addition to the original Book Building and finished a decade later...	Detroit	1926	38	475 / 145
10.	150 West Jefferson 150 West Jefferson 150 West Jefferson is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building was constructed in 1987, and finished in 1989. It stands at 26 stories tall, with two basement floors, for a total of 28...	Detroit	1989	26	455 / 139
11.	Fisher Building Fisher Building The Fisher Building is an ornate Art Deco skyscraper located on the corner of West Grand Boulevard and Second Avenue in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. It is constructed of limestone, granite, and several types of marble, and was financed by the Fisher family with proceeds...	Detroit	1928	30	444 / 135
T-12.	Cadillac Tower Cadillac Tower Cadillac Tower is a Beaux Arts skyscraper designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee located at 65 Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit, Michigan, not far from the Renaissance Center. The building's materials include terra cotta and brick. It was built in 1927 as the Barlum Tower and has...	Detroit	1927	40	437 / 133
T-12.	David Stott Building David Stott Building The David Stott Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier. It is a class-A office building constructed in 1929 at the corner of Griswold Street and State Street , a part of the Capitol Park Historic District...	Detroit	1929	32	437 / 133
14.	One Woodward Avenue One Woodward Avenue The building now known as One Woodward Avenue is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Detroit, Michigan. Located next to the city's Civic Center and Financial District, it overlooks the International Riverfront and was designed to blend with the City-County Building across Woodward Avenue and...	Detroit	1963	28	430 / 131
15.	River House Condominiums River House Condominiums River House Condominiums is a residential skyscraper in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the tallest building in Grand Rapids and the tallest all-residential building in Michigan.-External links:**...	Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...	2008	34	406 / 124
16.	3000 Town Center	Southfield Southfield, Michigan According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.04% is water. The main branch of the River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by Eight Mile Road, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road...	1975	32	402 / 122
17.	1000 Town Center	Southfield	1989	28	395 / 120
18.	Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building The McNamara Federal Building is a class-A skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan designed by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. It opened in 1976 to consolidate the offices of federal agencies which were scattered in several locations in the area...	Detroit	1976	27	393 / 120
19.	Detroit Edison Plaza	Detroit	1971	25	374 / 114
20.	2000 Town Center	Southfield	1986	28	370 / 113
21.	David Broderick Tower David Broderick Tower The Broderick Tower is a skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan currently under redevelopment. Construction began in 1926, and was completed in 1928. The tower was the second tallest building in Michigan when it was completed in 1928. It stands 35-stories tall, with two basement floors. The building is...	Detroit	1928	35	369 / 113
22.	211 West Fort Street 211 West Fort Street 211 West Fort Street is a skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan. Standing at 27 stories, construction began in 1961 and it was occupied in 1963. The building stands at the southeast corner of Fort Street and Washington Boulevard...	Detroit	1963	27	368 / 112
23.	Buhl Building Buhl Building The Buhl Building is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Architect Wirt C. Rowland designed the Buhl in a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents...	Detroit	1925	29	366 / 112
24.	Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is a restored historic skyscraper hotel In the Washington Boulevard Historic District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and constructed as the Book-Cadillac, it is part of Westin Hotels and embodies Neo-Classical elements and...	Detroit	1924	29	349 / 106
25.	Greektown Casino Hotel Greektown Casino Greektown Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan is one of three casino resort hotels in the city, and one of four in the Detroit-Windsor area. Greektown Casino, LLC is majority owned by Greektown Superholdings, Inc. and Greektown Newco Sub Inc...	Detroit	2009	30	348 / 106
26.	Top of Troy Building	Troy Troy, Michigan Troy is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making it the 11th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the largest city in Oakland County...	1975	25	346 / 106
T-27.	Boji Tower Boji Tower Boji Tower stands at 124 Allegan Street, in Lansing, Michigan, United States. It has been the tallest building in Lansing, since its completion in 1931.-History:...	Lansing Lansing, Michigan Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...	1931	23	345 / 105
T-27.	Plaza Towers	Grand Rapids	1991	34	345 / 105
29.	First National Building First National Building The First National Building is an skycraper and class-A office center in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Completed in 1930, the structure rises 25 stories and includes two basement levels, occupying an entire block along Cadillac Square . Located within the Detroit Financial District, the tower's main...	Detroit	1930	26	341 / 104
T-30.	Renaissance Center 500	Detroit	1977	21	339 / 103
T-30.	Renaissance Center 600	Detroit	1977	21	339 / 103
32.	1001 Woodward 1001 Woodward 1001 Woodward is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building is located just south of the neighboring David Stott Building, at the corner of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue overlooking Campus Martius Park...	Detroit	1965	23	338 / 103
33.	Millender Center Apartments Millender Center Apartments The Millender Center Apartments is an upscale residential skyscraper, standing at 33 floors. It is one of Detroit's tallest residential buildings...	Detroit	1985	33	332 / 101
34.	American Center American Center The American Center is a high-rise tower in the Metro Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan. It was built in 1975 and stands at 26 stories, with one basement level, for a total of 27 floors....	Southfield	1975	25	331 / 101
35.	5000 Town Center	Southfield	1983	33	328 / 100
36.	SBC Building Addition	Detroit	1974	17	327 / 100
37.	Dime Building Dime Building The Dime Building is a skyscraper class-A office building located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is adjacent to the Penobscot Building in the heart of the Detroit Financial District. The building stands 23 stories tall, with eight elevators, and was constructed between 1910 and 1912. It is used...	Detroit	1913	23	324 / 99
38.	Jeffersonian Apartments Jeffersonian Apartments The Jeffersonian Apartments is a large apartment building on Detroit, Michigan's near-east side, at 9000 East Jefferson Avenue. Built in 1965, primarily of glass and steel in the international architecture style, it stands 30 stories and contains 412 residential units. The site is close to the...	Detroit	1965	30	322 / 99
39.	SBC Building	Detroit	1912	19	319 / 97
T-40.	Amway Grand Plaza Hotel - Glass Tower	Grand Rapids	1983	29	318 / 97
T-40.	Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Center Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Center The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Building is a skyscraper near the Renaissance Center complex in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is also known as the Blue Cross Blue Shield Service Center. It was constructed in 1971, and stands at 22 floors. The building was constructed in a sunken plaza. It...	Detroit	1971	22	318 / 97
T-40.	Coleman A. Young Municipal Center Coleman A. Young Municipal Center The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center is a class-A office building in downtown Detroit, near Hart Plaza, One Detroit Center and the Renaissance Center. Originally called the City-County Building, it was renamed for former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, shortly after his death in 1997...	Detroit	1954	20	318 / 97
43.	Penobscot Building Annex Penobscot Building Annex The Penobscot Building Annex is a high-rise office tower in Detroit, Michigan, located on 144 West Congress Street which is physically connected to the Penobscot Building. It was built in 1913 and stands at 26 storeys tall, with three basement floors, and 23 above-ground floors. It is primarily...	Detroit	1913	23	310 / 94
T-44.	1300 Lafayette East Cooperative 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative The 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative is a large, 336 unit luxury housing cooperative in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of the near-east side of Detroit, Michigan...	Detroit	1961	21	305 / 93
T-44.	Riverfront Tower 300	Detroit	1983	21	305 / 93
T-44.	Riverfront Tower 200	Detroit	1983	21	305 / 93
47.	Executive Plaza	Detroit	1967	22	290 / 88
48.	Ford Building	Detroit	1909	19	275 / 84
49.	David Whitney Building David Whitney Building The David Whitney Building is a historic class-A skyscraper on the northern edge of downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located at 1553 Woodward Avenue, adjacent to Grand Circus Park. The building stands on a wedge-shaped site at the junction of Park Avenue, Woodward Avenue, and Washington Boulevard....	Detroit	1916	19	272 / 83
50.	Bridgewater Place	Grand Rapids	1993	18	271 / 83
51.	4000 Town Center	Southfield	1979	20	270 / 82
52.	Tower Plaza	Ann Arbor	1969	26	267 / 82

Timeline of tallest structures

The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Michigan

Michigan

on a year-to-year basis. The chart below shows the building, years as tallest, and its height.

Name	Street address in Detroit	Years as tallest	Height feet / m	Floors
First Michigan State Capitol	Capitol Park	1828–1866	140 / 43	2
Most Holy Trinity Church	1050 Porter Street	1866–1871	170 / 52	1
Former Detroit City Hall Detroit City Hall The former Detroit City Hall once stood at the site of the One Kennedy Square building in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The former city hall building was constructed in 1861, and finished in 1871. It was demolished in 1961. It stood at 5 stories in height, 4 above-ground, and one basement floor. It...	Campus Martius Park Campus Martius Park Campus Martius Park is a re-established park in downtown Detroit, Michigan. After the fire of 1805, Campus Martius was the focal point of judge Augustus Woodward's plans to rebuild the city. It is where the "point of origin" of Detroit's coordinate system is located...	1871–1877	200 / 61	4
St. Joseph Church St. Joseph Catholic Church, Detroit Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1855, is a historic German Catholic parish with a landmark church located at 1828 Jay Street in the Eastern Market - Lafayette Park neighborhood area just outside of downtown Detroit on the city's central east side...	1828 Jay Street	1873–1877	200 / 61	1
Fort Street Presbyterian Church	631 West Fort Street	1877–1909	265 / 81	1
Ford Building	615 Griswold Street Griswold Street Griswold Street is a major north-south street in downtown Detroit, which passes through the city's Financial District lined with many of its most familiar and recognizable structures, such as the Guardian Building and One Woodward Avenue...	1909–1913	275 / 84	19
Penobscot Building Annex Penobscot Building Annex The Penobscot Building Annex is a high-rise office tower in Detroit, Michigan, located on 144 West Congress Street which is physically connected to the Penobscot Building. It was built in 1913 and stands at 26 storeys tall, with three basement floors, and 23 above-ground floors. It is primarily...	144 West Congress Street	1913	310 / 95	23
Dime Building Dime Building The Dime Building is a skyscraper class-A office building located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is adjacent to the Penobscot Building in the heart of the Detroit Financial District. The building stands 23 stories tall, with eight elevators, and was constructed between 1910 and 1912. It is used...	719 Griswold Street	1913–1924	324 / 99	23
Book-Cadillac Hotel Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is a restored historic skyscraper hotel In the Washington Boulevard Historic District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and constructed as the Book-Cadillac, it is part of Westin Hotels and embodies Neo-Classical elements and...	220 Michigan Avenue	1924–1925	349 / 106	29
Buhl Building Buhl Building The Buhl Building is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Architect Wirt C. Rowland designed the Buhl in a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents...	535 Griswold Street	1925–1926	366 / 112	29
Book Tower Book Tower Book Tower is a , 38-story skyscraper in the Washington Boulevard Historic District of Detroit, Michigan. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance-style building in 1916 as an addition to the original Book Building and finished a decade later...	1265 Washington Boulevard	1926–1928	475 / 145	38
Penobscot Building Penobscot Building The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a skyscraper and class-A office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Rising 566 feet , the 47-story Penobscot was the tallest building in Michigan from its completion in 1928 until the construction of the Renaissance...	633 Griswold Street	1928–1977	565 / 172	47
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center Renaissance Center Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...	1 Renaissance Center Drive	1977–present	727 / 222	70

Timeline of tallest buildings

The following is a list of the tallest skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Michigan

Michigan

on a year-to-year basis. The chart below shows the skyscraper, its height, when it was completed, how long it was the tallest, and what skyscraper surpassed it. The Frank & Seder (1881) is considered Detroit's oldest existing iron-framed tall building. The Hammond Building (1889) is considered Detroit's first steel-framed skyscraper, though it is now demolished. Detroit's oldest existing steel-framed skyscaper is the 12-story United Way Community Services Building (1895) at 1212 Griswold, originally known as the Chamber of Commerce Building.

Name	City	Height feet / m	Year	Period	Surpassed by
Frank & Seder Building Frank & Seder Building The Lofts of Merchants Row, formerly the Frank & Seder Department Store Building, is a 6-storey high-rise completed in 1891 on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The building was the tallest in the state when built, and later joined with the larger addition directly to the south in...	Detroit	135 / 41	1881	8 years	Hammond Building
Hammond Building Hammond Building The Hammond Building was a high-rise building completed in 1889 at the corner of Griswold Street West Fort Street in the financial district of downtown, Detroit, Michigan. The building was designed by Harry W. J. Edbrooke, and is considered the first historic steel-framed skyscraper in the city,...	Detroit	150 / 46	1889	6 years	United Way Community Services Building
United Way Community Services Building United Way Community Services Building The United Way Community Services Building is a high-rise office building completed in 1895 at 1212 Griswold Street, at the northeast corner of State Street, in the Capitol Park Historic District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. The 12-storey building was designed by architects, Spier and Rohns, and...	Detroit	160 / 49	1895	1 year	Majestic Building
Majestic Building	Detroit	223 / 68	1896	13 years	Ford Building
Ford Building	Detroit	275 / 84	1909	4 years	Penobscot Annex
Penobscot Annex	Detroit	310 / 94	1913	> 1 year	Dime Building
Dime Building Dime Building The Dime Building is a skyscraper class-A office building located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is adjacent to the Penobscot Building in the heart of the Detroit Financial District. The building stands 23 stories tall, with eight elevators, and was constructed between 1910 and 1912. It is used...	Detroit	324 / 99	1913	12 years	Book-Cadillac Hotel
Book-Cadillac Hotel Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is a restored historic skyscraper hotel In the Washington Boulevard Historic District of downtown Detroit, Michigan. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and constructed as the Book-Cadillac, it is part of Westin Hotels and embodies Neo-Classical elements and...	Detroit	349 / 106	1925	>1 year	Buhl Building
Buhl Building Buhl Building The Buhl Building is a skyscraper and class-A office center in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Architect Wirt C. Rowland designed the Buhl in a Neo-Gothic style with Romanesque accents...	Detroit	366 / 112	1925	1 year	Book Tower
Book Tower Book Tower Book Tower is a , 38-story skyscraper in the Washington Boulevard Historic District of Detroit, Michigan. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance-style building in 1916 as an addition to the original Book Building and finished a decade later...	Detroit	475 / 145	1926	2 years	Penobscot Building
Penobscot Building Penobscot Building The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a skyscraper and class-A office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Rising 566 feet , the 47-story Penobscot was the tallest building in Michigan from its completion in 1928 until the construction of the Renaissance...	Detroit	565 / 172	1928	51 years	Renaissance Center
Renaissance Center Renaissance Center Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters...	Detroit	727 / 222	1977	currently	incumbent

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