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This list of tallest buildings in Baltimore ranks skyscrapers and high-rises in the United States city of Baltimore by height. The tallest building in Baltimore is the 40-story Transamerica Tower, which rises 529 feet (161 m) and was completed in 1973.[1] It also stands as the tallest building in the State of Maryland.

History

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The history of skyscrapers in Baltimore began with the completion in 1889 of the Equitable Building at the southwest corner of North Calvert and East Fayette Streets across from the Beaux Arts/Classical Revival architecture of the Baltimore City Courthouse of 1894–1900 and the landmark Battle Monument in Battle Monument Square, commemorating the fallen in the defense of the City against the British attack in the 1814 Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. "The Equitable" as it became known replaced the earlier landmark from 1825, Barnum's City Hotel and was the first steel cage framed building with outside surface panels of stone hung on the frame, a new technique pioneered by Chicago architects like Louis Sullivan and Daniel Burnham.

Shortly after, the 1893 construction of the Fidelity Building, of which both are regarded as the first high-rises in the city.[2] The building originally rose eight floors, but an additional seven stories with a terra cotta panels façade designed to match the original earlier grey granite rough-cut stone base, were constructed between 1912 and 1915, bringing the structure's total height to 220 feet (67 m), making it the first building in Baltimore over 200 feet (61 m).[2]

Baltimore went through an early high-rise construction boom from the late 1890s to the Great Baltimore Fire of February 1904, when a half-dozen of new skyscrapers' so-called "fire-proof" but their interiors were burned out. Most were later judged by inspecting engineers/architects as structurally sound with their steel I-beam cage framing and masonry facades and were reconstructed and rehabilitated in the next five years in a flurry of downtown rebuilding. The next period from the 1910s to the late 1920s, during which time the Baltimore Trust Company Tower (now the Bank of America Building) were constructed.

The city's central business district then experienced a long fallow period due to the Great Depression of the 1930s and the defense industrial efforts of World War II where very few skyscrapers were constructed and the downtown remained relatively stable. But with the proposals by the major business, commercial and industrial interests of the area with the release of the Charles Center project proposal by the recently organized Greater Baltimore Committee and the local Chamber of Commerce with the leadership of several mayoral administrations in 1958 continuing into the early 1970s, followed by a parallel soon-to-be nationally famous "Inner Harbor" redevelopment around the old waterfront piers, wharves, warehouses, offices and businesses of the former "Basin" along the Baltimore Harbor at the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River continued another major building boom from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, during which the City saw the completion of 18 of its 24 tallest buildings, including the 1973 United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company's new headquarters (later the Legg Mason Building, now the Transamerica Tower) at the corner of the harbor at Pratt and Light Streets and the five-sides/pentagonal high-rise centerpiece of the harbor, the Baltimore World Trade Center for the Maryland Port Administration in 1977.

The city is the site of four completed buildings that are at least 492 feet (150 m) high, with two more proposed for construction. As of July 2023, there are 193 completed high-rises in the city and 4 skyscrapers reaching at least 492 feet (150 m).[3] The most recently completed skyscraper in Baltimore is 414 Light Street, which rises 500 feet (152 m) and 44 floors.[4] The 44 story apartment tower debuted in August 2018, making it the tallest residential building in Maryland.

Tallest buildings

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This list ranks Baltimore skyscrapers that stand at least 220 feet (67 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Rank Name Image Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year Notes
1 Transamerica Tower 529 (161) 40 1973 Has been the tallest building in Baltimore and Maryland since 1973. Tallest building in the city constructed in the 1970s. In 2011, the building was renamed the Transamerica Tower.[1][5]
2 Bank of America Building (10 Light Street) 509 (155) 37 1924 Tallest building in Baltimore constructed in the 1920s.[6][7]
3 414 Light Street 500 (152.4) 44 2018 Opened for occupancy in 2018, the building's roof was topped out in November 2017.[8] Built on the original site of the McCormick & Company Factory that was razed in the 1980s, the structure is primarily residential.[9][4] Tallest building in the city constructed in the 2010s.
4 William Donald Schaefer Building 493 (150) 37 1992 Tallest building in the city constructed in the 1990s.[10][11]
5 Commerce Place 454 (138) 31 1992 [12][13]
6 Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel 430 (131) 32 2001 [14]
7 100 East Pratt Street 418 (128) 28 1992 [15][16]
8 Baltimore World Trade Center 405 (123) 32 1977 Tallest regular pentagonal building in the world.[17][18]
9 Tremont Plaza Hotel 395 (120) 37 1967 Tallest building in Baltimore constructed in the 1960s.[19][20] Now branded as Embassy Suites by Hilton.
10 Charles Towers South Apartments 385 (117) 30 1969 [21][22]
11 1 Light Street 364 (111) 28 2018 [23]
12= Blaustein Building 360 (110) 30 1962 [24][25]
12= 250 West Pratt Street 360 (110) 24 1986 Tallest building in the city constructed in the 1980s.[26][27]
14 Towers at Harbor Court 356 (109) 28 1987 [28][29]
15 Four Seasons Hotel and Residences 352 (107) 28 2016 [30]
16= St. Paul Plaza 350 (107) 25 1989 [31][32]
16= Exelon Tower 350 (107) 20 2016 [33]
16= 201 North Charles Street Building 350 (107) 28 1967 [34][35]
16= Charles Towers North Apartments 350 (107) 27 1967 Also known as Eight Charles Center.[36][37]
16= Legg Mason Tower 350 (107) 24 2009 Tallest building constructed in Baltimore in the 2000s.[38][39]
21 The Gallery at Harborplace 346 (106) 28 1988 [40]
22 414 Water Street 344 (105) 33 2008 [41]
23 HarborView Condominium 343 (104) 29 1993 Also known as Harborview Tower.[42][43]
24= Charles Center South 330 (101) 25 1975 [44][45]
24= Wells Fargo Tower 330 (101) 24 1985 Formerly known as First Union Signet Tower and Wachovia Tower.[46][47]
26 Redwood Tower 323 (98) 23 1987 [48]
27= Mercantile Deposit and Trust 315 (96) 21 1969 [49][50]
27= M&T Bank Building 315 (96) 22 1972 Also known as the First Maryland Building.[51][52]
29 Silo Point 310 (94) 24 1923
30 Vue Harbor East 306 (93) 30 2007 [53]
31 Mary Catherine Bunting Building, Mercy Medical Center 302 (92) 18 2010 [54]
32 Constellation Energy Building 293 (89) 21 1916 [55]
33 Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower framelss 289 (88) 15 1911 [56]
34= Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor 280 (85) 27 1967 [57]
34= Liberty Harbor East 280 (85) 20 2017 [58][59][60]
36 Mercy Medical Center Inpatient Tower Upload image 276 (84) 20 1963 [61]
37 750 East Pratt Street Upload image 272 (83) 18 2002 [62]
38 Avalon 555 President Upload image 271 (83) 24 2020 [63]
39 Park Charles Upload image 270 (82) 25 1985 [64]
40 One Charles Center 269 (82) 25 1963 [65]
41 First National Bank Building Upload image 254 (77) 20 1924 [66]
42 One Calvert Plaza 249 (76) 16 1901 [67]
43 Standard Oil Building 233 (71) 15 1922 [68]
44 John and Frances Angelos Law Center Upload image 231 (70) 12 2013 [69]
45 Hilton Baltimore 224 (68) 20 2008 [70]
46 Fidelity Building 220 (67) 15 1893 [71]

Tallest under construction or proposed

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This lists buildings that are under construction or proposed for construction in Baltimore and are planned to rise at least 300 feet (91 m), but are not yet completed structures. A floor count of 40 stories is used as the cutoff for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers.

Name Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year*
(est.) 		Status Notes
401 S. Charles Street. <600(<183) 44 - Planned Waiting design/schematic approvals[72]
300 East Pratt Street 640 (195) 40 - Planned MCB Real Estate and InterPark Holdings in the process of financing[73]
325 W. Baltimore St. 375 (114) 32 - Site cleared. Construction was originally scheduled to commence by Q1 2017 [74]
Parcel 1 Harbor Point - - 2028 Planned. Construction underway late 2024 [75]
303 Light Street 385 (117)/290 (89) 32/25 - Planned Needs zoning changes [76]
Mechanic Theatre Redevelopment - 20/32 - Demolition complete. Vertical construction stalled because of litigation with parking garage operator [77]
Canton Crossing 400 (122) - - Proposed [78]
301 President Street. 350 (107) 32 - Planned Needs zoning changes [79]
Allied Harbor Point Tower 1 250 (76)/200 (61) 25/20 2024 Under Construction [80]
3401 Boston Street 249 (76) 20 Planned [81]
900 Fleet Street 212 (64) 20 - Planned [82]

Timeline of tallest buildings

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The Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower was the tallest building in Baltimore from 1911 until 1923.

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Baltimore.

Name Street address Years as tallest Height
ft (m) 		Floors Reference
Fidelity Building 05.0210 North Charles Street 1893–1901 220 (67) 15 [83]
One Calvert Plaza 04.0201 East Baltimore Street 1901–1911 249 (76) 16 [84]
Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower[A] 06.0312 West Lombard Street 1911–1923 289 (88) 15 [85]
Constellation Energy Building[A] 02.039 West Lexington Street 1916–1923 289 (88) 21 [86]
B&O Railroad Grain Terminal[B] 07.01700 Beason Street 1923–1924 310 (94) 24 [87]
Baltimore Trust Company Building[C] 01.010 Light Street 1924–1973 509 (155) 37 [7]
Transamerica Tower 03.0100 Light Street 1973–present 529 (161) 40 [5]

Notes

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A. ^ a b The Constellation Energy Building, completed in 1916, tied the height of the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower. The city therefore had two tallest buildings until the B&O Railroad Grain Terminal was completed in 1923.
B. ^ This building was constructed as the B&O Railroad Grain Terminal but has since been renamed Silo Point.
C. ^ This building was constructed as the Baltimore Trust Company Building but has since been renamed the Bank of America Building. In the past, the building has also known as the NationsBank Building, the Mathieson Building, the O'Sullivan Building and the Maryland National Bank.[88]

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