# List of tallest buildings in Buffalo, New York

This list of the tallest buildings in Buffalo, New York, ranks skyscrapers in Buffalo by height. The tallest building in Buffalo is currently the Seneca One Tower, which stands 529 feet (161 m) tall. As of 2017, Buffalo has 17 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.

## Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Buffalo buildings that stand at least 128 feet (39 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.
| Rank | Name | Height feet / m | Floors | Year | Notes |
| 1 | Seneca One Tower | 529 / 161 | 40 | 1972 | Tallest building in the city. Tallest building constructed in the 1970s. Previously known as One Seneca Tower (2013–2017), One HSBC Center (1999–2013), Marine Midland Center (1972–1999). |
| 2 | Rand Building | 405 / 123 | 29 | 1929 | Tallest building constructed in the 1920s. |
| 3 | Buffalo City Hall | 398 / 121 | 32 | 1931 | Tallest building constructed in the 1930s. |
| 4 | 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 | 50 Fountain Plaza | 275 / 84 | 17 | 1990 | Tallest building constructed in the 1990s. Formerly known as Key Center North Tower. |
| 10 | Buffalo Central Terminal | 271 / 83 | 20 | 1929 | Also known as the 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. |
| 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 / 78 | 10 | 2011 | Tallest building constructed in the 2010s. |
| 16 | John R. Oishei Children's Hospital | 252 / 77 (est) | 12 | 2017 | |
| 17 | The Marin | 250 / 76 | 17 | 1913 | Formerly known as the Marine Trust Company Building; Main Seneca Building. |
| 18 | Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency Hotel | 249 / 76 | 16 | 1923 | |
| 19 | Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church | 246 / 75 | | 1889 | Tallest building constructed in the 1880s |
| 20 | Old Post Office | 244 / 74 | | 1901 | Now Erie Community College City Campus |
| 21 | LECOM Harborcenter | 240 / 73 (est) | 20 | 2015 | Connected to KeyBank Center |
| 22 | Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church | 241 / 72 | | 1891 | Now King Urban Life Center |
| 23 | The Avant | 225 / 69 | 15 | 1973 / 2009 | Former Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building |
| 24 | 40 Fountain Plaza | 225 / 69 | 13 | 1990 | Formerly known as Key Center South Tower |
| 25 | Edward A. Rath County Office Building | 223 / 68 | 16 | 1969 | |
| 26 | Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr | 217 / 66 | | 1886 | |
| 27 | Buffalo General Hospital Building A | 213 / 65 | 16 | 1986 | Tallest building constructed in the 1980s. |
| 28 | Wheeler Elevator | 207 / 63 | 13 | | Also known as Buffalo RiverWorks; Agway/GLF East Work House |
| 29 | Concrete-Central Elevator | 207 / 63 | 7 | 1915 | |
| 30 | Erie County Medical Center | 195 / 59 | 13 | 1978 | |
| 31 | Delaware North Building | 194 / 59* | 12 | 2015 | *Height: 174/53 to roof level, 194/59 to top of mechanicals (Source: Developer) |
| 32 | Standard Elevator | 194 / 59 | | 1928 | Also known as Pillsbury Elevator. |
| 33 | Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute | 190 / 58 | 10 | 2011 | |
| 34 | Marine A Elevator | 190 / 58 | 11 | 1925 | |
| 35 | Superior Elevator | 189 / 58 | | 1925 | Also known as Cargill "S" or Cargill Superior Elevator. |
| 36 | Main Court Building | 188 / 57 | 13 | 1963 | |
| 37 | Asbury Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church | 184 / 56 | | 1876 | |
| 38 | Westminster Presbyterian Church | 184 / 56 | | 1859 | |
| 39 | Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center | 182 / 56 | 11 | 2015 | Part of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. |
| 40 | Church of the Transfiguration | 180 / 55 | | 1896 | |
| 41 | City Centre Condominiums | 180 / 55 | 14 | 1993 | |
| 42 | Buffalo VA Medical Center | 177 / 54 | 14 | 1950 | |
| 43 | Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator | 177 / 54 | | 1925 | Also known as the Buffalo Malting Elevator. |
| 44 | Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church | 175 / 53 | | 1907 | |
| 45 | Connecting Terminal | 174 / 53 | | 1915 | |
| 46 | Cargill Pool Elevator | 174 / 53 | | 1925 | Also known as the Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator. |
| 47 | The Pasquale | 173 / 53 (est.) | 13 | 2009 | Tallest building constructed in the 2000s. Luxury condos. |
| 48 | 10 Hertel Avenue | 173 / 53 (est.) | 13 | 1972 | Part of the Marina Vista Apartments complex. Formerly known as Watergate II Apartments 1. Public housing. |
| 49 | 12 Hertel Avenue | 173 / 53 (est.) | 13 | 1972 | Part of the Marina Vista Apartments complex. Formerly known as Watergate II Apartments 2. Public housing. |
| 50 | Assumption Roman Catholic Church | 170 / 52 | | 1915 | |
| 51 | Prudential/Guaranty Building | 167 / 51 | 13 | 1896 | |
| 52 | AM&A Building | 166 / 51 | 12 | 1948 | Tallest building constructed in the 1940s. |
| 53 | Ellicott Square Building | 164 / 50 | 10 | 1896 | |
| 54 | First Presbyterian Church | 164 / 50 | | 1891 | |
| 55 | Olympic Towers | 161 / 49 | 11 | 1903 | Also known as the Young Men's Christian Association Central Building. |
| 56 | Richardson Olmsted Complex | 161 / 49 | 4 | 1871 | |
| 57 | General Mills Plant | 161 / 49 | 12 | | Also known as the Frontier Elevator. |
| 58 | 800 West Ferry Street | 161 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1929 | High-rise condominium tower. |
| 59 | The Admiral | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 60 | The Bayshore | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 61 | The Coastline | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 62 | The Driftwood | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 63 | The Ebbtide | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 64 | Elmwood Square Apartments | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1973 | Section 8 public housing for senior citizens. |
| 65 | The Flagstaff | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 66 | The Gulfstream | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1952 | Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing. |
| 67 | M&T Center (Buffalo Savings Bank extension) | 160 / 49 (est.) | | 1985 | The building is a north side addition to the Buffalo Savings Bank |
| 68 | Marguerite Hall | 160 / 49 (est.) | 12 | 1966 | D'Youville College dormitory |
| 69 | Riverview Manor | 160 / 49 (est) | 12 | 1977 | Also known as Riverview Apartments. Apartment building for senior citizens. |
| 70 | Buffalo City Court Building | 154 / 47 (est.) | 10 | 1974 | |
| 71 | St. Mary's Cement Storage Tanks | 154 / 47 | | 1910 | Also known as the Spencer Kellogg Elevator |
| 72 | American Grain Complex | 151 / 46 | 10 | 1933 | Also known as the Perot Malting Elevator; Genesee Brewing Elevator. |
| 73 | 500 Pearl Street | 151 / 46 | 12 | 2019 | |
| 74 | Lake & Rail Grain Elevator | 151 / 46 | 9 | 1927 | |
| 75 | Saint Adalbert's Basilica | 151 / 46 | | 1886 | |
| 76 | Swan Tower | 148 / 45 | 10 | 1902 | Also known as the Fidelity Trust Building. |
| 77 | Admiral's Walk Condominiums | 147 / 45 (est.) | 11 | 1990 | Luxury condos. |
| 78 | Churchill Academic Tower | 147 / 45 (est.) | 11 | 1971 | Houses Canisius University classrooms and lecture halls. |
| 79 | PSG Residences | 147 / 45 (est.) | 11 | 1978 | Also known as Piotr Stadnitski Gardens. Apartment building for senior citizens. |
| 80 | Santa Maria Towers | 147 / 45 (est.) | 11 | 1984 | Apartment building for senior citizens. |
| 81 | Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo | 145 / 44 (est.) | 11 | 1956 | |
| 82 | The Delaware Tower | 142 / 43 (est.) | 17 | 1962 | |
| 83 | Buffalo Athletic Club | 141 / 43 (est.) | 12 | 1922 | |
| 84 | Cathedral Place | 140 / 43 (est.) | 10 | 1906 | Also known as the White Building. |
| 85 | St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church | 140 / 43 (est.) | | 1928 | |
| 86 | 42 Delaware Avenue | 136 / 41 (est.) | 11 | 1929 | |
| 87 | 12 Fountain Plaza | 133 / 41 (est.) | 10 | 1983 | Also known as the Norstar Building. |
| 88 | Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments | 133 / 41 (est.) | 10 | 1973 | Apartment building for senior citizens. |
| 89 | Mary Agnes Manor | 133 / 41 (est.) | 10 | 1965 | Apartment building for senior citizens. |
| 90 | Roswell Park Cancer Institute | 133 / 41 (est.) | 10 | 1998 | |
| 91 | Baptist Manor Apartments | 133 / 41 (est.) | 16 | 1976 | |
| 92 | Goodyear Hall | 133 / 41 | 11 | 1960 | Residence hall at the University at Buffalo's South Campus. |
| 93 | Kimball Tower | 133 / 41 | 11 | 1957 | Houses the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions. |
| 94 | Dun Building | 130 / 40 | 10 | 1895 | |
| 95 | Erie County Court Building | 130 / 40 (est) | 8 | 1965 | |
| 96 | Larkin @ Exchange | 130 / 40 (est) | 8 | 1912 | Also known as the Larkin Building, Graphic Controls Corporation Building, Larkin Terminal Warehouse. |
| 97 | One Canalside | 129 / 39 | 8 | 1962 / 2013 | Formerly General William J. Donovan State Office Building. |
| 98 | Buffalo General Hospital Building D | 128 / 39 | 8 | 1901 | Also known as Buffalo General Hospital Administration Building; Buffalo General Hospital East Wing. |
| 99 | Convention Tower | 128 / 39 (est.) | 12 | 1924 | Also known as the Walbridge Building. |

## Tallest proposed or under construction

This lists buildings (greater than 12 floors) that have been proposed in Buffalo.
| Name | Height feet / m | Floors | Year Proposed | Status | Notes |
| Marine Drive Apartments Building A | +160/+49m | 12 | 2023 | proposed | Planned main building for redeveloped Marine Drive Apartments. |

### Tallest cancelled and stale proposals

This section denotes proposals that are now cancelled or the proposal has sat longer than 2 years.
| Name | Height feet / m | Floors | Year Proposed | Status | Notes |
| Unity Tower at Cobblestone Place | +656/+200m | 55 | 2020 | Stale proposal | Proposed tongue-in-cheek by owner at the time of Cobblestone buildings. Nothing ever materialized from this plan. |
| Buffalo City Tower | 600 / 183 | 40 | 2006 | cancelled | This project was cancelled due to the financial woes of the developer, BSC Group |
| Apartments at Queen City Landing | 324 / 99 | 20 | 2016 | cancelled | Proposed height later reduced from 23 to 20 stories. Project was repeatedly stymied by litigation due to environmental concerns, "suspended indefinitely" in 2020 due to the developer's inability to secure financing from the city, and definitively cancelled in 2021 when the property was put up for sale. |
| 33 Gates Circle | 297 / 85 | 23 | 2006 | cancelled | Project "fell through when the economy tanked in 2008", according to the Buffalo News. As of 2018, the developer proposes a series of three-story, 12-unit townhouses for the site. |
| Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino Hotel Tower | 220 / 67 | 22 | 2010 | cancelled | The Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino was completed in 2013 without the hotel tower |
| Adelphia Tower | 220 / 67 | 15 | 2004 | 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 / 57 (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 built | Year destroyed | Notes |
| Electric Tower (Pan-American Exposition) | | 389 / 119 | | 1901 | 1902 | Intended to be temporary and to be destroyed after conclusion of Pan-American Exposition. Not to be confused with the present-day Electric Tower at Washington and East Huron Streets. Tallest building ever destroyed in Upstate New York. |
| St. Joseph's New Cathedral | | 240 / 73 | | 1913 | 1976 | |
| St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church | | 225 / 69 | | 1885 | 1964 (partially) | Spires removed due to structural damage after a windstorm, remainder of the building still extant. St. Ann's parish dissolved in 2011 and the building is now vacant. |
| D. S. Morgan Building | | 221 / 67 | 12 | 1895 | 1965 | The Edward A. Rath County Office Building now occupies the site. |
| Great Northern Elevator | | 188 / 57 | | 1897 | 2023 | |
| A. Victor & Company Department Store | | 186 / 57 | 11 | 1928 | 1981 | |
| 50 High Street | | 173 / 53 | 13 | 1965 | 2007 | Also known as the General Towers Medical Building or Erie Medical Center. Oishei Children's Hospital now occupies the site. |
| Iroquois Hotel | | 166 / 51 | 11 | 1890 | 1940 | Also known as the Gerrans building. One M&T Plaza now occupies the site. |
| St. Stephen's Evangelical Church | | 164 / 50 | | 1874 | 1923 (partially) | Spire removed in 1923, remainder of the building still extant. Most recently home to Emmanuel Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church; now vacant. |
| Chamber of Commerce Building | | 161 / 49 | 13 | 1905 | 1986 | |
| Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital | | 160 / 49 | 12 | 1941 | 2015 | |
| Ford Hotel | Upload image | 151 / 46 | 13 | 1922 | 2000 | Hampton Inn and Suites Hotel now occupies the site. |
| Hotel Buffalo | | 150 / 46 | 12 | 1908 | 1967 | Sahlen Field now occupies the site. |

## Timeline of tallest buildings

This section lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Buffalo. Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral held the title twice, both before the construction and after the demolition of the original Electric Tower, which was designed as a temporary building that would only last the length of the Pan-American Exposition.
| Years as tallest | Name | Height feet / m | Floors | Notes |
| 1827–1851 | First Presbyterian Church | unknown | N/A | Demolished in 1890. Not to be confused with the current First Presbyterian Church building on Symphony Circle, erected in 1897 to a height of 164 feet (50 m). Main Place Tower occupies the site today. |
| 1851–1901 | Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral | 275 / 84 | N/A | Tallest building in Upstate New York during this time. |
| 1901–1902 | Electric Tower (Pan-American Exposition) | 389 / 119 | N/A | Demolished shortly after the close of the Pan-American Exposition. Not to be confused with the present-day Electric Tower at Washington and East Huron Streets, listed below. Tallest building in Upstate New York and also second-tallest building in New York State at the time of its construction, only two feet (61 cm) shorter than the Park Row Building in New York City. |
| 1902–1912 | Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral | 275 / 84 | N/A | Tallest building in Upstate New York during this time. |
| 1912–1925 | Electric Tower | 294 / 90 | 14 | Tallest building in Upstate New York 1912–1914. |
| 1925–1929 | Liberty Building | 345 / 105 | 23 | Tallest building in Upstate New York 1925–1928. |
| 1929–1972 | Rand Building | 405 / 123 | 29 | Tallest building in Upstate New York 1929–1972. First building to exceed the height of the original Electric Tower, demolished 27 years earlier. |
| 1972- | Seneca One Tower | 529 / 161 | 40 | Tallest building in Upstate New York 1972-1973. |