List of tallest buildings in Houston
Tallest buildings
As of July 2017, there are 48 high-rises in Houston that stand at least 427 feet (130 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.

List of tallest buildings in Houston

Section Title: Tallest buildings
Table Section Text: As of July 2017, there are 48 high-rises in Houston that stand at least 427 feet (130 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Coordinates	Notes

1	JPMorgan Chase Tower	-	1,002 (305.4)	75	1982	29°45′37.2″N 95°21′50.3″W / 29.760333°N 95.363972°W	102nd-tallest building in the world; 16th-tallest in the United States; tallest in Texas. Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 1980s.

2	Wells Fargo Bank Plaza	-	992 (302.4)	71	1983	29°45′30.6″N 95°22′6.1″W / 29.758500°N 95.368361°W	114th-tallest building in the world; 18th-tallest in the United States; 2nd-tallest in Texas. Tallest all-glass building in the Western Hemisphere.

3	Williams Tower	-	901 (274.6)	64	1982	29°44′13.7″N 95°27′41″W / 29.737139°N 95.46139°W	200th-tallest building in the world; 30th-tallest in the United States; 4th-tallest in Texas. Tallest building outside of Houston's downtown.

4	Bank of America Center	-	780 (237.8)	56	1983	29°45′38.6″N 95°22′00″W / 29.760722°N 95.36667°W	65th-tallest in the United States; 7th-tallest in Texas.

5	Heritage Plaza	-	762 (232.3)	53	1987	29°45′31.7″N 95°22′14.4″W / 29.758806°N 95.370667°W	75th-tallest in the United States; 8th-tallest in Texas.

6	609 Main at Texas	609 Main Street at Texas Downtown Houston DSC 7813 ad.JPG	757 (230.7)	49	2017	29°45′33.1″N 95°21′45″W / 29.759194°N 95.36250°W	76th-tallest in the United States; 9th-tallest in Texas. Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 2010s.

7	Enterprise Plaza	-	756 (230.4)	55	1980	29°45′27.6″N 95°22′8.5″W / 29.757667°N 95.369028°W	79th-tallest in the United States; 10th-tallest in Texas.

8	CenterPoint Energy Plaza	-	741 (225.9)	53	1973	29°45′25.4″N 95°22′5.1″W / 29.757056°N 95.368083°W	97th-tallest in the United States; 11th-tallest in Texas.

9	1600 Smith Street	ContinentalHQHoustonTX.JPG	732 (223.1)	55	1984	29°45′16.5″N 95°22′22.5″W / 29.754583°N 95.372917°W	13th-tallest in Texas.

10	Fulbright Tower	-	725 (221)	52	1982	29°45′19.8″N 95°21′41.8″W / 29.755500°N 95.361611°W	14th-tallest in Texas.

11	One Shell Plaza	-	714 (217.6)	50	1970	29°45′32.9″N 95°22′3.5″W / 29.759139°N 95.367639°W	16th-tallest in Texas. Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 1970s.

12	1400 Smith Street	-	691 (210.5)	50	1983	29°45′19.9″N 95°22′18.5″W / 29.755528°N 95.371806°W	17th-tallest in Texas.

13	Three Allen Center	AllenCenterHoustonTX.JPG	685 (208.8)	50	1980	29°45′26.4″N 95°22′18.7″W / 29.757333°N 95.371861°W	19th-tallest in Texas.

14	LyondellBassell Tower	HoustonCenterComplex.JPG	678 (206.8)	47	1978	29°45′21.8″N 95°21′44.2″W / 29.756056°N 95.362278°W	21st-tallest in Texas.

15	First City Tower	FirstCityTowerWasteManagement.JPG	662 (201.8)	47	1984	29°45′20.6″N 95°21′49.8″W / 29.755722°N 95.363833°W	22nd-tallest in Texas.

16	BG Group Place	BPGroupplaceHouston.JPG	632 (192.7)	46	2011	29°45′28.3″N 95°21′49.2″W / 29.757861°N 95.363667°W	25th-tallest in Texas.

17	San Felipe Plaza	SanFelipePlazaHouston.JPG	625 (190.5)	45	1984	29°44′58″N 95°28′55″W / 29.74944°N 95.48194°W

18	ExxonMobil Building	ExxonMobilBuilding.JPG	606 (184.7)	44	1963	29°45′12.7″N 95°22′9.9″W / 29.753528°N 95.369417°W	Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 1960s.

19	1500 Louisiana Street	-	600 (182.9)	40	2002	29°45′16.6″N 95°22′16″W / 29.754611°N 95.37111°W	Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 2000s.

20	America Tower	AmericaTowerHoustonTX.JPG	590 (179.8)	42	1983	29°45′38.5″N 95°23′51.2″W / 29.760694°N 95.397556°W

21	Capitol Tower	—	579 (176.5)	34	2018

Two Houston Center	2HoustonCenterView.JPG	579 (176.5)	40	1974	29°45′22.7″N 95°21′47.7″W / 29.756306°N 95.363250°W

23	Marathon Oil Tower	MarathonOilTowerHoustonTX.JPG	562 (171.3)	41	1983	29°44′58.5″N 95°28′19.2″W / 29.749583°N 95.472000°W

24	Wedge International Tower	—	550 (167.6)	44	1983	29°45′16.8″N 95°22′11.2″W / 29.754667°N 95.369778°W

KBR Tower	KBRTowerHoustonTX.JPG	550 (167.6)	40	1973	29°45′11.7″N 95°22′20.6″W / 29.753250°N 95.372389°W

26	Memorial Hermann Tower	MemorialCityHospitalHoustonTX.JPG	542 (165.2)	35	2009	29°46′57″N 95°32′43.9″W / 29.78250°N 95.545528°W

27	2929 Weslayan	2929 Weslayan Houston DSC 7828 ad.JPG	533 (162.5)	40	2015	29°44′18.9″N 95°26′28.4″W / 29.738583°N 95.441222°W	Tallest residential building in Houston.

28	Pennzoil Place I	Pennzoil Place in Houston.JPG	523 (159.4)	36	1976	29°45′36.6″N 95°21′55″W / 29.760167°N 95.36528°W

Pennzoil Place II	Pennzoil Place in Houston.JPG	523 (159.4)	36	1976	29°45′35.7″N 95°21′56.6″W / 29.759917°N 95.365722°W

30	Devon Energy Center	Two Allen Center Houston DSC 7839 ad.JPG	521 (158.8)	36	1978	29°45′25″N 95°22′15.6″W / 29.75694°N 95.371000°W

31	1000 Main	ReliantEnergyPlazaHoustonTX.JPG	518 (158)	36	2003	29°45′25.2″N 95°21′55.9″W / 29.757000°N 95.365528°W	accessdate=July 29, 2017|publisher=Emporis}}

32	Total Plaza	TotalPlazaHouston.JPG	518 (157.9)	35	1971	29°45′23.5″N 95°22′6.6″W / 29.756528°N 95.368500°W

One Park Place	OneparkplaceHouston.JPG	518 (157.9)	37	2009	29°45′14.9″N 95°21′40.1″W / 29.754139°N 95.361139°W

34	Methodist Outpatient Care Center	Methodist Outpatient Care Center Houston DSC 7834 ad.JPG	512 (156.1)	26	2010	29°42′44.5″N 95°23′57.8″W / 29.712361°N 95.399389°W

35	The Huntingdon	TheHuntingdonHoustonTX.JPG	503 (153.3)	34	1982	29°44′48.5″N 95°25′4.6″W / 29.746806°N 95.417944°W

36	El Paso Energy Building	ElPasoCorpHQHoustonTX.JPG	502 (153)	33	1962	29°45′28.3″N 95°22′2.8″W / 29.757861°N 95.367444°W

Market Square Tower	777 Preston Street Market Square Tower Downtown Houston DSC 7823.JPG	502 (153)	40	2017	29°45′47″N 95°21′48.1″W / 29.76306°N 95.363361°W

38	The Post Oak	—	499 (152.1)	36	2018

39	Hess Tower	-	490 (149.4)	29	2010	29°45′16.4″N 95°21′35.3″W / 29.754556°N 95.359806°W

40	1500 Post Oak Boulevard	—	477 (145.3)	30	2016	29°45′8.2″N 95°27′39.3″W / 29.752278°N 95.460917°W

The O'Quinn Medical Tower at St. Luke's	-	477 (145.3)	29	1990	29°42′32.7″N 95°24′7″W / 29.709083°N 95.40194°W	Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 1990s.

42	5 Greenway Plaza	—	465 (141.7)	31	1973	29°43′50.2″N 95°25′54.5″W / 29.730611°N 95.431806°W

43	Texas Children's Hospital Expansion	—	457 (139.3)	25	2018

44	717 Texas Avenue	-	453 (138.2)	34	2003	29°45′41.5″N 95°21′51.4″W / 29.761528°N 95.364278°W

45	One Allen Center	1AllenCenterHoustonTX.JPG	452 (137.8)	34	1972	29°45′25.9″N 95°22′12.8″W / 29.757194°N 95.370222°W

46	Four Leaf Towers 1	FourLeafTowersHoustonTX.JPG	444 (135.3)	40	1982	29°45′5.4″N 95°27′50″W / 29.751500°N 95.46389°W

Four Leaf Towers 2	FourLeafTowersHoustonTX.JPG	444 (135.3)	40	1982	29°45′3.2″N 95°27′52.5″W / 29.750889°N 95.464583°W

48	11 Greenway Plaza	—	441 (134.4)	31	1979	29°43′55.2″N 95°26′8.1″W / 29.732000°N 95.435583°W

9 Greenway Plaza	—	441 (134.4)	31	1978	29°43′55.4″N 95°26′4.2″W / 29.732056°N 95.434500°W

50	Phoenix Tower	—	434 (132.3)	34	1984	29°43′49.4″N 95°25′45″W / 29.730389°N 95.42917°W

51	Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza	—	430 (131)	28	2007	29°42′55″N 95°23′49.2″W / 29.71528°N 95.397000°W

52	712 Main Street	-	428 (130.5)	37	1929	29°45′31.8″N 95°21′49.6″W / 29.758833°N 95.363778°W	Tallest building constructed in Houston in the 1920s.

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The 1600 Smith Street is the 9th-tallest building in Houston.

final_sentence: The 1600 Smith Street is the 9th-tallest building in Houston.