List of early skyscrapers
This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1884 and 1939, predominantly in the U.S. 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 1880-99
California
Illinois
- Home Insurance Building
- Tacoma Building
- Rand McNally Building
- Rookery Building
- Monadnock Building
- Masonic Temple
- New York Life Insurance Building
- Fisher Building
- Manhattan Building
- Marquette Building
- Marshall Field and Company Building
- Old Colony Building
- Reliance Building
Iowa
Massachusetts
- Ames Building
- Winthrop Building
- Fiske Building
- Haddon Hall
- 62 Boylston Street
- 27 State St.
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New York
- New York World Building
- New York Tribune Building
- American Tract Society
- New York Times Building
- Bayard–Condict Building
- Empire Building (Manhattan)
- 56 Pine Street
- Hotel Chelsea
- Hotel Gerard
- Osborne Apartments
- The Ansonia
- Temple Court Building and Annex
- Manhattan Life Insurance Building
- Park Row Building
- Wilder Building
- Guaranty Building
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Washington D.C.
Elsewhere in the world
Australia
Netherlands
The "First Great Age" (1900-19)
United States
Alabama
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
- Brooks Building
- Chicago Building
- Peoples Gas Building
- Santa Fe Building
- Continental Illinois
- Renaissance Blackstone Hotel
- Roanoke Building
Iowa
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Ford Building
- Chrysler House
- David Whitney Building
- Book Building Detroit
- Marquette Building
- Penobscot Annex
- Vinton Building
- Michigan Central Station
- Kales Building
New York
- Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company Building
- Broad Exchange Building
- Flatiron Building
- Equitable Building
- Singer Building
- City Investing Building
- Manhattan Municipal Building
- 1 Wall Street Court
- Former Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank building
- Liberty Tower (Manhattan)
- 90 West Street
- Germania Life Insurance Company Building
- 14 Wall Street
- Broadway–Chambers Building
- Whitehall Building
- Bush Tower
- Consolidated Edison Building
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
- Woolworth Building
- Kodak Tower
Ohio
Pennsylvania
- Farmers Bank Building
- Frick Building
- The Carlyle
- Oliver Building
- Arrott Building
- Benedum-Trees Building
- Land Title Building
- The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Elsewhere in the world
United Kingdom
Argentina
- Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires
- Railway Building
- Archivo General de la Nacion
- Edificio Otto Wulf
- Galeria Guemes
Australia
Poland
Inter-war period (1920-39)
United States
California
- 140 New Montgomery
- Russ Building
- Shell Building
- 450 Sutter Street
- 225 Bush Street
- Los Angeles City Hall
- Richfield Tower
- Tribune Tower
- El Cortez Hotel
Florida
Illinois
- Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
- City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building
- 70 Pine Street
- Wrigley Building
- Metropolitan Tower
- Pittsfield Building
- Tribune Tower
- Randolph Tower
- Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Trustees System Service Building
- Civic Opera Building
- Morrison Hotel
- LaSalle-Wacker Building
- Palmolive Building
- One North LaSalle
- 333 North Michigan
- 35 East Wacker
- Carbide & Carbon Building
- London Guarantee Building
- Mather Tower
- Powhatan Apartments
- Chicago Temple Building
- LaSalle-Wacker Building
- Field Building
Iowa
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
- Cadillac Place
- Fisher Building
- Guardian Building
- Book Tower
- Penobscot Building
- Cadillac Tower
- David Stott Building
- David Broderick Tower
- First National Building
- Westin Book Cadillac Hotel
- Buhl Building
- Hudson Department Store
- Fort Shelby Hotel
- AT&T Michigan Headquarters
- Macabees Building
- Industrial Building (Detroit)
- Water Board Building
- Washington Boulevard Building
- United Artists Theatre Building
- Grand Park Centre
Minnesota
Missouri
- Kansas City Power and Light Building
- 909 Walnut
- Oak Tower
- Kansas City City Hall
- Southwestern Bell Building
- Civil Courts Building
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
- Paramount Building
- 21 West Street
- Verizon Building
- Wall and Hanover Building
- American Radiator Building
- New York Life Building
- 21 West Street
- Chanin Building
- Fuller Building
- Helmsley Building
- The Beresford
- 10 East 40th Street
- The Sherry-Netherland
- 15 Broad Street
- 26 Broadway
- The Pierre
- Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower
- 120 Wall Street
- Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
- Daily News Building
- The Century
- The Majestic
- The San Remo
- The Eldorado
- Waldorf Astoria
- Nelson Tower
- Lincoln Building
- 1 Wall Street
- 60 Hudson Street
- 500 Fifth Avenue
- General Electric Building
- 330 West 42nd Street
- Metropolitan Life North Building
- Chrysler Building
- Empire State Building
- Rockefeller Center
- Rand Building
- Liberty Building
- Times Square Building
- Buffalo City Hall
- Niagara Mohawk Building
- Alfred E. Smith Building
Ohio
- Terminal Tower
- AT&T Huron Road Building
- Carew Tower Complex
- LeVeque Tower
- National City Bank Building
- FirstMerit Tower
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
- Wells Fargo Building
- Drake Hotel
- Suburban Station
- PSFS Building
- Ritz-Carlton
- One South Broad
- Koppers Tower
- Gulf Tower
- Cathedral of Learning
- Grant Building
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
Elsewhere in the world
Australia
Melbourne
- Alkira House
- Australasian Catholic Assurance Building
- Capitol Theatre
- Deva House
- Manchester Unity Building
- Majorca Building
Sydney
Argentina
Belgium
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
China
Guangzhou
Shanghai
- Bank of China Building
- Broadway Mansions
- Customs House
- Hengshan Picardie Hotel
- Jinjiang Hotel
- Park Hotel
- Peace Hotel
Hong Kong
Italy
Poland
Russia
- Palace of the Soviets (vision)
Sweden
- Kungstornen (Stockholm)