List of tallest buildings in Buffalo - wikipedia List of tallest buildings in Buffalo Downtown Buffalo looking down Main Street This list of the tallest buildings in Buffalo ranks skyscrapers in Buffalo, New York by height. The tallest building in Buffalo is currently the One Seneca Center, which stands 529 feet ( 161 m ) tall. As of 2016, Buffalo has 16 structures taller than 250 ft ( 76 m ). Buffalo has a rich tradition for architecture. Among the first true skyscrapers built in the city were the Prudential ( Guaranty ) Building and the Ellicott Square Building, both being built in the 1890s. A number of the tallest municipal buildings in the country were also built in the city, such as Buffalo City Hall, which continues to dominate the skyline. The city is also home to a large collection of large grain elevators, many of which rise above 150 ft ( 46 m ). Construction of high rise buildings has increased in recent years after decades of relative dormancy, in addition to the retro - fitting of many old structures. Contents 1 Tallest buildings 2 Tallest under construction and proposed 3 Tallest cancelled and stale proposals 4 Tallest Destroyed Buildings 5 See also 6 References Tallest buildings This lists ranks Buffalo buildings 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. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height. Skyline of Buffalo from the Niagara River, 2015 Rank Name Image Height feet / m Floors Year Notes One Seneca Tower 529 / 161 40 1972 Tallest building in the city. Tallest building constructed in the 1970s. Previously known as `` One HSBC Center. '' Original name : Marine Midland Center. Buffalo City Hall 398 / 121 32 1931 Tallest building constructed in the 1930s. Rand Building 391 / 119 29 1929 Tallest building constructed in the 1920s. Main Place Tower 350 / 107 26 1969 Tallest building constructed in the 1960s. 5 Liberty Building 345 / 105 23 1925 6 One M&T Plaza 317 / 97 21 1966 7 Electric Tower 294 / 90 14 1912 Also known as the `` Niagara Mohawk Building. '' Tallest building constructed in the 1910s. 8 Saint Paul 's Episcopal Cathedral 275 / 84 1851 Tallest building constructed in the 1850s 9 Key Center North Tower 275 / 84 17 1990 Tallest building constructed in the 1990s 10 Buffalo Central Terminal 271 / 83 20 1929 Also known as `` New York Central Terminal Complex. '' 11 Erie County Hall 270 / 82 1876 Tallest building constructed in the 1870s. 12 Statler Hotel 265 / 81 19 1923 Also known as the `` Statler Towers, '' `` Statler City. '' 13 10 Lafayette Square 263 / 80 23 1959 Tallest building constructed in the 1950s. 14 Verizon / AT&T Building 258 / 79 16 1913 15 Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse 255 / 77.72 10 2011 16 Main Seneca Building 250 / 76 17 1913 17 Genesee Building / Hyatt Regency Hotel 249 / 76 16 1923 / 1984 18 Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church 246 / 75 1889 Tallest building constructed in the 1880s 19 Old Post Office 244 / 74 1901 Now Erie Community College City Campus 20 HarborCenter 240 / 73.2 ( est ) 20 2015 Connected to First Niagara Center 21 Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church 241 / 72 1891 Now King Urban Life Center 22 The Avant 225 / 69 15 1973 / 2009 Former Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building 23 Key Center South Tower 225 / 69 13 1990 24 Edward A. Rath County Office Building 223 / 68 16 1969 25 Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr ( Buffalo, New York ) 217 / 66 1886 26 Wheeler Elevator 207 / 63 13 Also known as `` Agway / GLF East Work House '' 27 Concrete - Central Elevator 207 / 63 7 1915 28 Delaware North Building 194 / 59m * 12 2015 * Height : 174 ' / 53m to roof level, 194 ' / 59m to top of mechanicals ( Source : Developer ) 29 Standard Elevator 194 / 59 1928 Also known as `` Pillsbury Grain Elevator '' 30 Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute 190 / 58 10 2011 31 Marine A Elevator 190 / 58 11 1925 32 Superior Elevator 189 / 57.6 1925 Also known as Cargill `` S '' or Cargill Superior elevator 33 Main Court Building 188 / 57 13 1963 34 Great Northern Elevator 188 / 57 1897 35 Asbury Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church 184 / 56 1876 36 Westminster Presbyterian Church 184 / 56 1859 37 Roswell Park Clinical Sciences Center 182 / 55.5 11 2015 38 City Centre Condominiums 180 / 55 14 39 Buffalo General Hospital 177 / 54 14 1950 40 Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator 177 / 54 1925 Also known as `` Buffalo Malting Elevator '' 41 Connecting Terminal 174 / 53 1915 42 Cargill Pool Elevator 174 / 53 1925 Also known as the `` Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator '' 43 Prudential / Guaranty Building 167 / 51 13 1896 44 AM&A Building 166 / 51 12 1948 Tallest building constructed in the 1940s. 45 Ellicott Square Building 164 / 50 10 1896 46 First Presbyterian Church 164 / 50 1897 47 Olympic Towers 161 / 49 11 1903 Also known as the `` Young Men 's Christian Association Central Building '' 48 Richardson Olmsted Complex 161 / 49 1871 49 General Mills Plant 161 / 49 12 Also known as `` The Frontier Elevator '' 50 M&T Center ( Buffalo Savings Bank extension ) 160.1 / 48.8 1985 ( estimated height ), The building is a north side addition to the Buffalo Savings Bank 51 Marguerite Hall 160.1 / 48.8 12 ( estimated height ) D'Youville College dormitory 52 First Niagara Center 157 / 48 Previously `` HSBC Arena '' 53 Buffalo City Court Building 154 / 47 10 ( estimated height ) 54 St. Mary 's Cement Storage Tanks 154 / 47 1910 Also known as `` Spencer Kellogg Elevator '' 55 American Grain Complex 151 / 46 10 1933 Also known as `` Perot Malting Elevator '', `` Genesee Brewing Elevator '' 56 Lake & Rail Grain Elevator 151 / 46 9 1927 57 Saint Adalbert 's Basilica 151 / 46 1886 58 The Delaware Tower 142 / 43.28 17 1962 ( estimated height ) 59 Buffalo Athletic Club 141 / 42.98 12 1922 ( estimated height ) 60 Baptist Manor Apartments 133 / 40.54 16 1976 ( estimated height ) 61 Convention Tower 128 / 39 12 1924 ( estimated height ) Tallest under construction and proposed This lists buildings that are under construction and proposed in Buffalo and are planned to rise at least 150 feet ( 46 m ). Buildings under construction that have already been topped out are also included. Name Height feet / m Floors Year Proposed Projected Completion Status Notes Apartments at Queen City Landing 324 / 98.8 23 2016 2018 Approved 201 Ellicott Unknown 18 2016 Proposed 500 Pearl Street 151 / 46 12 2015 2018 Under Construction John R. Oishei Children 's Hospital 160 / 48.7 ( est ) 12 2012 2017 Topped out 33 High Street 11 2016 Proposed Tallest cancelled and stale proposals This lists buildings ( greater than 12 floors ) that have been proposed in Buffalo but are now cancelled or the proposal has sat longer than 2 years. Name Height feet / m Floors Year Proposed Status Notes Buffalo City Tower 600 / 183 40 2006 cancelled This project was cancelled due to the financial woes of the developer, BSC Group 33 Gates Circle 297 / 85 23 2006 stale proposal Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino Hotel Tower 220 / 67 22 cancelled The Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino was completed in 2013 without the hotel tower Adelphia Tower 220 / 67 15 cancelled The project size and scope was altered several times ( 40 floors, 38 floors, 22 floors and finally 15 floors ) before being cancelled The Carlo 186 / 56.94 ( est ) 14 2012 Stale Proposal Tallest destroyed buildings This lists buildings in the city of buffalo that once existed and rose at least 150 ft ( 46 m ) but have since been destroyed. Name Image Height feet / m Floors Year * Status Notes Electric Tower ( Pan-Am ) 389 / 119 1901 Destroyed in 1902 after conclusion of Pan-American Exposition St. Joseph 's New Cathedral 240 / 73.1 1913 Destroyed in 1976 D.S. Morgan Building 221 / 67.4 12 1895 Destroyed in 1965, Edward A. Rath County Office Building now occupies the site Iroquois Hotel, also known as the Gerrans building 166 / 50.6 11 1890 Destroyed in 1940, One M&T Plaza now occupies the site Chamber of Commerce Building 161 / 49 13 1897 Destroyed in 1986 Ford Hotel ( Buffalo, New York ) 151 / 46 13 1922 Destroyed in 2000, Hampton Inn and Suites Hotel now occupies the site See also List of tallest buildings in Upstate New York References General Emporis.com - Buffalo Specific Jump up ^ `` One HSBC Center ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` One HSBC Center ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo City Hall ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo City Hall ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ City Hall History Archived 2013 - 09 - 03 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Rand Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Rand Building ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Main Place Tower ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Main Place Tower ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Liberty Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Liberty Building ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` One M & T Plaza ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` One M&T Plaza ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Electric Tower ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Niagara Mohawk Building ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` New York Central Terminal Complex ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Central Terminal ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Erie County Hall ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Statler Towers ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Statler Towers ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. ^ Jump up to : `` 10 Lafayette Square ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` 10 Laffayette Square ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Verizon / AT&T ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Federal Courthouse ''. Archived from the original on 2013 - 06 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Main Seneca Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ Genesee Building / Hyatt Buffalo Architecture and History Jump up ^ `` Old Post Office ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Old Post Office ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` HarborCenter ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 19. Jump up ^ Dulski Federal Building Jump up ^ `` Edward A. Rath County Office Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Agway / GLF East Work House ''. Jump up ^ `` Concrete - Central Grain Elevator '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` Pillsbury Grain Elevator ''. Jump up ^ `` Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute A ''. Jump up ^ `` Marine Elevator Company Elevator A ''. Jump up ^ `` Historic American Buildings Survey - Superior Elevator ''. Jump up ^ `` Main Court Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Great Northern Elevator ''. Historic American Engineering Record ( Library of Congress ). Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Asbury Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church ''. US Department of the Interior ( National Park Service. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Westminster Presbyterian Church ''. http://skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. External link in publisher = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Roswell Park Cancer Institute '' ( PDF ). Roswell Park Cancer Institute. 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Roswell Park Clinical Sciences Center ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 26. Jump up ^ `` City Centre Condominiums ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo VA Medical Center ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator ''. Historic American Engineering Record ( Library of Congress ). Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Connecting Terminal ''. Historic American Engineering Record ( Library of Congress ). Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator ''. Historic American Engineering Record ( Library of Congress ). Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Guaranty Building ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` AM&A Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Ellicott Square Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` First Presbyterian Church ''. landmark-niagara.org. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Olympic Towers ''. skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo Psychiatric Center - Administration Building ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` General Mills Plant ''. skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` M & T Center ''. emporis. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Marguerite Hall ''. Emporis.com. Retrieved 2013 - 04 - 21. Jump up ^ `` HSBC Arena ''. buffaloah.com. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo City Court Building ''. skyscaperpage.com. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 22. Jump up ^ `` St. Mary 's Cement Storage Tanks ''. Historic American Engineering Record ( Library of Congress ). Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Perot Malting Elevator ''. Historic American Engineering Record ( Library of Congress ). Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Lake & Rail Grain Elevator ''. skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2010 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` SAINT ADALBERT 'S BASILICA ''. Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 05. Jump up ^ `` The Delaware Tower ''. Jump up ^ `` Buffalo Athletic Club ''. emporis. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Baptist Manor Apartments ''. Jump up ^ `` Convention Tower ''. emporis. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Apartments at Queen City Landing - South Elevation ''. Retrieved 2 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` First look at Pearl Street Hotel ''. Buffalo News. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015. Jump up ^ `` Electric Tower ''. skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 22. Jump up ^ `` St. Joseph 's New Cathedral ''. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 25. Jump up ^ `` D.S. Morgan Building ''. SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 22. Jump up ^ `` Gerrans Building ''. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 25. Jump up ^ `` Chamber of Commerce Building ''. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Ford Hotel / Richford Hotel ''. Retrieved 2012 - 04 - 12. 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Answer: the One Seneca Center