List of early skyscrapers

This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1880 and the 1930s, predominantly in the United States cities of New York and Chicago, but also across the rest of the U.S. and in many other parts of the world.

The first skyscrapers (1880–1899)

United States

New York's "Newspaper Row", showing the first skyscrapers built in the late 19th century: (l to r) World Building, Tribune Building, 150 Nassau Street, and the Times Building. Also visible (left) is City Hall.

California

Georgia

Illinois

Iowa

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri


New York City
Rochester
Buffalo
Albany
  • 100 State Street, Albany


Pennsylvania

Utah

Wisconsin

Washington D.C.


Rest of the world

The APA "Australia" Building in Melbourne (1889–1980) – Australia's tallest building until 1912.
Japan
Bangladesh
Melbourne
Sydney


The Witte Huis in Rotterdam, Europe's first skyscraper building (1898).
Netherlands


United Kingdom

The "First Great Age" (1900–19)

United States

The Woolworth Building overlooking New York City's Old Post Office and City Hall Park, with the peaks of the Singer Tower and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower just visible (left)

Alabama

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Iowa

Indiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New York City
Rochester
Buffalo
  • Cathedral Place, Buffalo
  • The Marin
  • Verizon/AT&T Building, Buffalo

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

Elsewhere in the world

Culwulla Chambers, Sydney's first skyscraper

United Kingdom

Argentina

Australia

Berlin
Siemensturm in Berlin
Jena
  • Zeiss Bau 15

Netherlands

  • De Inktpot

Poland

Saint Petersburg
Moscow
  • Afremov's house
  • House of Nirnsee

South Africa

Ukraine

Inter-war period, boom and depression (1920–1939)

Arizona

Connecticut

California

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Indiana

Illinois

Iowa

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York City
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Albany
New Rochelle

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

Australia

The Manchester Unity Building in Melbourne
Melbourne
Sydney
Vienna

Argentina

Belgium

The Boerentoren in Antwerp
Antwerp
Brussels
Ghent
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Hong Kong

Czech Republic

Finland

Villeurbanne
  • Gratte-ciel_(Villeurbanne)

Germany

The Borsigturm in Berlin
The Hansahochhaus in Cologne
Aachen
  • Haus Grenzwacht
Berlin
  • Borsigturm
  • Columbushaus
  • Europahaus
  • Wernerwerk-Hochhaus
  • Karstadt Berlin Hermannplatz
  • Kathreiner-Haus
  • Ullsteinhaus
Braunschweig
  • Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig
Chemnitz
Cologne
Dresden
  • Ernemann-Werke
  • Hochhaus am Albertplatz
Düsseldorf
Essen
  • Deutschlandhaus (Essen)
Gera
  • Handelshof
Hamburg
Hanover
  • Anzeiger-Hochhaus
  • Capitol (Hannover)
Jena
Leipzig
Magdeburg
  • Faber-Hochhaus
Munich
Stuttgart
Wismar
  • Hochhaus am Platz des Friedens
Budapest
  • Madách Square Tower (vision)[1]
  • Az Országos Társadalombiztosító Intézet székháza

Italy

The Torrione INA in Brescia, Italy's first skyscraper.
Brescia
Genoa
Milan
Turin
Amsterdam
Rotterdam

New Zealand

Warsaw
Wroclaw
  • Wrocław Post Office
  • Biurowiec przy Rynku 9-11
Katowice
Bucharest

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

The Telefónica Building in Madrid
Madrid
Barcelona
A Coruña
Stockholm
Gothenburg
  • Otterhall

Switzerland

  • Bel-Air-Turm
Kyiv
Kharkiv
London
Manchester
Liverpool

See also

References

[UK first iron building 1797 Shrewsbury Flaxmill]

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