# List of tallest buildings in Rhode Island

The U.S. state of Rhode Island is home to 27 buildings over 175 feet (53 m) in height. Five of these buildings are taller than 300 feet (91 m), all of which are located in the state's capital and largest city, Providence.
The tallest skyscraper in the city and state is the Industrial National Bank Building at 111 Westminster Street in Downtown Providence, which rises 26 floors and 428 feet (130 m). The Industrial National Bank Building, nicknamed the "Superman Building" due to its resemblance to the fictional Daily Planet building from the 1950s TV series, Adventures of Superman, is also the sixth-tallest building in New England outside of Boston. The second-tallest building in Providence is One Financial Plaza, which rises 30 floors and 410 feet (125 m) and was completed in 1973.
As one of the early manufacturing centers in the United States, many of Providence's tallest buildings were constructed prior to 1930; among these are the Industrial National Bank Building, Turk's Head Building, and Bannigan Building. The city went through a second building boom in the 1970s, during which One Financial Plaza and Textron Tower, the city's second and fifth-tallest buildings, were completed. In the 1990s and 2000s, the city again experienced a construction boom. Dubbed the Providence "Renaissance," this period saw the construction of four of the cities ten tallest buildings.
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## Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Rhode Island structures 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 the building was completed.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) | Floors | Year | Location | Use | Notes |
| 01.01 | Industrial National Bank Building | | 428 (130) | 26 | 1928 | Providence 41°49′28.27″N 71°24′39.89″W﻿ / ﻿41.8245194°N 71.4110806°W﻿ / 41.8245194; -71.4110806﻿ (:Industrial National Bank Building) | Vacant | The Industrial National Bank Building has been the tallest building in the city and the state since its completion in 1928 The structure has been vacant since 2013 Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1920s |
| 02.02 | One Financial Plaza | | 410 (125) | 30 | 1973 | Providence 41°49′31.11″N 71°24′36.14″W﻿ / ﻿41.8253083°N 71.4100389°W﻿ / 41.8253083; -71.4100389﻿ (One Financial Plaza) | Office | Built as the Hospital Trust Tower Also known as Sovereign Bank Tower Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1970s |
| 03.03 | The Residences Providence | | 380 (116) | 31 | 2007 | Providence 41°49′30.32″N 71°24′54.77″W﻿ / ﻿41.8250889°N 71.4152139°W﻿ / 41.8250889; -71.4152139﻿ (The Residences at the Westin) | Residential | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 2000s |
| 04.04 | Omni Providence Hotel | | 329 (100) | 25 | 1993 | Providence 41°49′31.15″N 71°24′58.5″W﻿ / ﻿41.8253194°N 71.416250°W﻿ / 41.8253194; -71.416250﻿ (The Westin Providence) | Hotel | Formerly the Westin Providence Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1990s Became the tallest hotel in Providence upon its completion, surpassing the Providence Biltmore |
| 05.05 | Manchester Street Generating Station | | 321 (98) | | 1996 | Providence 41°48′57″N 71°24′16″W﻿ / ﻿41.815829°N 71.404329°W﻿ / 41.815829; -71.404329﻿ (Manchester Street Generating Station) | Power station | The smokestacks of the Manchester Street Generating Station rise to a height of 321 feet |
| 06.06 | Textron Tower | | 311 (95) | 23 | 1971–72 | Providence 41°49′29.63″N 71°24′33.05″W﻿ / ﻿41.8248972°N 71.4091806°W﻿ / 41.8248972; -71.4091806﻿ (Textron Tower) | Office | Built as Old Stone Tower |
| 07.07 | 50 Kennedy Plaza | | 285 (87) | 20 | 1985 | Providence 41°49′29.8″N 71°24′38.09″W﻿ / ﻿41.824944°N 71.4105806°W﻿ / 41.824944; -71.4105806﻿ (50 Kennedy Plaza) | Office | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1980s |
| 08.08 | Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Headquarters | | 236 (72) | 14 | 2009 | Providence 41°49′40.2672″N 71°24′48.261″W﻿ / ﻿41.827852000°N 71.41340583°W﻿ / 41.827852000; -71.41340583﻿ (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Headquarters) | Office | |
| 09.09 | Waterplace 1 | | 236 (72) | 19 | 2008 | Providence 41°49′38.44″N 71°24′45.098″W﻿ / ﻿41.8273444°N 71.41252722°W﻿ / 41.8273444; -71.41252722﻿ (Waterplace 1) | Residential | |
| 10.010 | Rhode Island State House | Rhode Island State House 2 | 223 (68) | 4 | 1904 | Providence 41°49′51.1032″N 71°24′54.053″W﻿ / ﻿41.830862000°N 71.41501472°W﻿ / 41.830862000; -71.41501472﻿ (Rhode Island State House) | Governmental | Was the tallest building in Providence before being surpassed by the Industrial National Bank Building. Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1900s |
| 11= | Biltmore Hotel | | 220 (67) | 18 | 1922 | Providence 41°49′27.73″N 71°24′48.4″W﻿ / ﻿41.8243694°N 71.413444°W﻿ / 41.8243694; -71.413444﻿ (Biltmore Hotel) | Hotel | Tallest hotel in the city from 1922 until the completion of the Westin Providence in 1993 |
| 11= | The Tower at Carnegie Abbey | | 220 (67) | 17 | 2009 | Portsmouth 41°36′58.3″N 71°16′10.8″W﻿ / ﻿41.616194°N 71.269667°W﻿ / 41.616194; -71.269667 | Residential | Tallest building in Newport County and outside of Providence |
| 12 | Providence County Courthouse | | 217 (66) | 7 | 1930 | Providence 41°49′31.76″N 71°24′24.84″W﻿ / ﻿41.8254889°N 71.4069000°W﻿ / 41.8254889; -71.4069000﻿ (Providence County Courthouse) | Governmental | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1930s |
| 13 | Turk's Head Building | | 217 (66) | 16 | 1913 | Providence 41°49′28.42″N 71°24′35.5″W﻿ / ﻿41.8245611°N 71.409861°W﻿ / 41.8245611; -71.409861﻿ (Turk's Head Building) | Office | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1910s |
| 14 | Waterplace 2 | | 210 (64) | 17 | 2008 | Providence 41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W﻿ / ﻿41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W﻿ / 41.8272833; -71.4133472﻿ (Waterplace 2) | Residential | |
| 15 | Pawtucket City Hall | | 209 (64) | 3 | 1933 | Pawtucket 41°52′44.2″N 71°22′55.8″W﻿ / ﻿41.878944°N 71.382167°W﻿ / 41.878944; -71.382167 | Governmental | Tallest building in Pawtucket |
| 16 | Grace Church | | ~206 (63) | 1 | 1860 | Providence 41°49′19″N 71°24′49″W﻿ / ﻿41.82183°N 71.413507°W﻿ / 41.82183; -71.413507﻿ (Grace Church) | Church | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 19th century |
| 17= | Carrol Tower | | 199 (61) | 16 | 1973 | Providence 41°49′38.22″N 71°24′48.05″W﻿ / ﻿41.8272833°N 71.4133472°W﻿ / 41.8272833; -71.4133472﻿ (Waterplace 2) | Residential | Twin tower of Parenti Villa |
| 17= | Parenti Villa | | 199 (61) | 16 | 1973 | Providence 41°49′11.6″N 71°26′10.0″W﻿ / ﻿41.819889°N 71.436111°W﻿ / 41.819889; -71.436111﻿ (Waterplace 2) | Residential | Twin tower of Carrol Tower. |
| 18 | Towers East | | 194 (59) | 16 | 1976 | Pawtucket 41°52′33″N 71°23′09″W﻿ / ﻿41.875806°N 71.385755°W﻿ / 41.875806; -71.385755﻿ (Slater Hill) | Residential | |
| 19 | First Unitarian Church of Providence | | 189 (58) | | 1816 | Providence 41°49′28″N 71°24′18″W﻿ / ﻿41.824381°N 71.404901°W﻿ / 41.824381; -71.404901﻿ (First Unitarian Church) | Church | |
| 20 | Charlesgate North | | 187 (57) | 15 | 1970 | Providence 41°50′19.6902″N 71°24′35.2368″W﻿ / ﻿41.838802833°N 71.409788000°W﻿ / 41.838802833; -71.409788000﻿ (Waterplace 2) | Residential | |
| 21 | First Baptist Church | | 185 (56) | | 1775 | Providence 41°49′39″N 71°24′30″W﻿ / ﻿41.827476°N 71.408292°W﻿ / 41.827476; -71.408292﻿ (First Baptist Church) | Church | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 18th century |
| 22 | Fogarty Manor | | 182 (55) | | 1969 | Pawtucket 41°52′50″N 71°22′59″W﻿ / ﻿41.880481°N 71.38316°W﻿ / 41.880481; -71.38316﻿ (Slater Hill) | Residential | Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 1960s |
| 23= | One Citizens Plaza | | 180 (55) | 13 | 1990 | Providence 41°49′38.4558″N 71°24′38.2926″W﻿ / ﻿41.827348833°N 71.410636833°W﻿ / 41.827348833; -71.410636833﻿ (One Citizens Plaza) | Office | |
| 23= | Brown University Sciences Library | | 180 (55) | 15 | 1971 | Providence 41°49′36.85″N 71°24′0.49″W﻿ / ﻿41.8269028°N 71.4001361°W﻿ / 41.8269028; -71.4001361﻿ (Brown University Sciences Library) | University | With its former antenna mast included, the building reached a total height of 395 feet (120 m), more than doubling its effective height and making it the third-tallest building in the city when measuring by pinnacle height. |
| 24 | 121 South Main Street | | 178 (54) | 11 | 1984 | Providence 41°49′27″N 71°24′25″W﻿ / ﻿41.824074°N 71.407019°W﻿ / 41.824074; -71.407019﻿ (121 South Main Street) | University | Designed as the corporate headquarters of the Old Stone Bank Today owned and used by Brown University |
| 25 | Hospital Trust Building | | 177 (54) | 13 | 1920 | Providence 41°49′32.38″N 71°24′34.83″W﻿ / ﻿41.8256611°N 71.4096750°W﻿ / 41.8256611; -71.4096750﻿ (Hospital Trust Building) | University | Also known as the Fleet Building Currently owned by the Rhode Island School of Design and used as a residence hall |
| 26 | Sister Dominica Manor | | 175 (53) | 16 | 1966 | Providence 41°49′21.84″N 71°25′16.69″W﻿ / ﻿41.8227333°N 71.4213028°W﻿ / 41.8227333; -71.4213028﻿ (Sister Dominica Manor) | Residential | Built as the Bradford House |
| 27 | Hilton Providence Hotel | | ~173 (53) | 14 | 1969 | Providence 41°49′23″N 71°25′07″W﻿ / ﻿41.822989°N 71.418550°W﻿ / 41.822989; -71.418550﻿ (Hilton Providence) | Hotel | Built as the Holiday Inn |
| 28 | Edge College Hill | | 172 (52) | 15 | 2018 | Providence 41°49′40″N 71°24′36″W﻿ / ﻿41.827908°N 71.410074°W﻿ / 41.827908; -71.410074﻿ (Edge College Hill) | Residential | 169 Canal St. Tallest building in Rhode Island constructed in the 2010s |
| 29 | Slater Hill Apartments | | 170 (52) | 14 | | Pawtucket 41°52′29″N 71°23′10″W﻿ / ﻿41.874726°N 71.386038°W﻿ / 41.874726; -71.386038﻿ (Slater Hill) | Residential | |
| 30 | One Regency Plaza | | ~161 | 13 | 1973 | | Residential | |
| 31 | Bannigan Building | | ~160 (49) | 11 | 1896 | Providence 41°49′29″N 71°24′33″W﻿ / ﻿41.824679°N 71.409209°W﻿ / 41.824679; -71.409209﻿ (Bannigan Building) | Office | |
| 32 | Union Trust Company Building | | ~157 (48) | 12 | 1902 | Providence 41°49′25″N 71°24′41″W﻿ / ﻿41.823685°N 71.411350°W﻿ / 41.823685; -71.411350﻿ (Union Trust Company Building) | Office | |
| 33 | Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul | | 156 (48) | | 1889 | Providence 41°49′09″N 71°24′59″W﻿ / ﻿41.819282°N 71.416506°W﻿ / 41.819282; -71.416506﻿ (Union Trust Company Building) | Church | |

## Tallest proposed, approved, and under construction

| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Status | Location | Notes |
| Hope Point Tower | 550 (168) | 46 | Never built | Jewelry District, Providence | Originally proposed as three separate towers The approved design includes a single tower with six stories of ground level retail and parking If constructed, the building would have been the tallest in the state |
| TPG Tower | 326 (91) | 30 | In approval | Downtown, Providence | First proposed in 2024 |
| Edge College Hill II | 187 (57) | 15 | Proposed | College Hill, Providence | First proposed in 2017 |
| 137-151 Friendship St. | 120 (37) | 12 | Proposed | Jewelry District, Providence | First proposed in 2021 |
| 151 Chestnut St. | 112 (34) | 9 | In approval | Jewelry District, Providence | If built, the structure would be the city's first residential structure to use modular construction |

## Tallest demolished

| Name | Height ft (m) | Floors | Built | Destroyed | Location | Use | Notes |
| Hartford Park | | 10 | 1951 | 01.0 1989 | Providence | Residential | Residential high rise constructed by the Providence Housing Authority Original attempt to implode the building failed. |

## Timeline of tallest buildings

This table lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Rhode Island. Since the completion of the First Baptist Church in America, all structures to hold the title have been located in Providence.
| Name | Image | Location | Years as tallest | Height ft (m) | Floors | Coordinates |
| Trinity Church | | Newport | c. 1750–1775 | ~150 (46) | | 41°29′14″N 71°18′48″W﻿ / ﻿41.48732°N 71.31328°W﻿ / 41.48732; -71.31328﻿ (Trinity Church) |
| First Baptist Church | | Providence | 1775–1816 | 185 (56) | | 41°49′39″N 71°24′30″W﻿ / ﻿41.827476°N 71.408292°W﻿ / 41.827476; -71.408292 |
| First Unitarian Church of Providence | | Providence | 1816–1816 | 189 (58) | | |
| Grace Church | | Providence | 1860–1904 | ~206 (63) | | 41°49′19″N 71°24′49″W﻿ / ﻿41.82208°N 71.41365°W﻿ / 41.82208; -71.41365﻿ (Grace Church) |
| Rhode Island State House | Rhode Island State House 2 | Providence | 1904–1927 | 223 (68) | 4 | 41°49′51.08″N 71°24′53.87″W﻿ / ﻿41.8308556°N 71.4149639°W﻿ / 41.8308556; -71.4149639﻿ (Rhode Island State House) |
| Industrial National Bank Building | | Providence | 1927–present | 428 (130) | 26 | 41°49′28.27″N 71°24′39.89″W﻿ / ﻿41.8245194°N 71.4110806°W﻿ / 41.8245194; -71.4110806﻿ (Industrial National Bank Building) |