List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids
This list of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids ranks buildings in the U.S. city of Grand Rapids, Michigan by height. The tallest building in Grand Rapids is the River House Condominiums, which stands 406 feet (124 m) tall.
Tallest buildings
This lists ranks Grand Rapids 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.
Rank | Name | Image | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | River House | 406 / 124 | 34 | 2008 | Tallest building in Michigan outside of Detroit and the tallest residential building in Michigan. Part of Bridgewater Place complex, one of two buildings.[1] | |
2 | Plaza Towers | 345 / 105 | 34 | 1991 | Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1991 until 2008.[2] | |
3 | Amway Grand Plaza Hotel | 318 / 97 | 29 | 1983 | Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1983 until 1991.[3] | |
4 | Bridgewater Place | 272 / 83 | 18 | 1993 | Part of Bridgewater place complex, one of two buildings. [4] | |
5 | McKay Tower | 259 / 79 | 18 | 1927 | Held the title as the tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1927 until 1983, the longest held title of 56 years. [5] | |
6 | JW Marriott Grand Rapids | 257 / 78 | 24 | 2007 | [6] | |
7 | Kent County Courthouse | 206 / 63 | 13 | 2001 | [7] | |
8 | Cathedral of Saint Andrew | 192 / 59 | 1 | 1876 | [8] | |
9 | PNC Bank Building | 184 / 56 | 10 | 1982 | [9] | |
10 | 77 Monroe Center NW | 182 / 55.5 | 13 | 1926 | [10] | |
11 | First Community Bank Building | 180 / 55 | 13 | 1916 | [11] | |
12 | Gallery on Fulton | 175 / 50 | 14 | 2010 | [12] | |
13 | Campau Square Plaza Building | 164 / 50 | 12 | 1985 | [13] | |
14 | St Mary's Catholic Church | 160 / 49 | 1 | 1884 | [14][15] | |
15 | Helen DeVos Children's Hospital | 155 / 47 | 11 | 2011 | [16] | |
16= | Morton House Apartments | 154 / 47 | 13 | 1923 | [17] | |
16= | Trust Building | 154 / 47 | 11 | 1928 | [18] | |
18 | 20 Fulton Street East | 153 / 46 | - | 2017 | [19] | |
19 | Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Pantlind Hotel) | 150 / 46 | 11 | 1915 | [20] |
Tallest under-construction
Rank | Name | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Warner Tower | 192 / 59 | 15 | 2019 | [21] |
2 | 601 Bond | 172 / 52 | 16 | 2019 | [22] |
Tallest proposed
Rank | Name | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DeVos Place Tower | ∼270 / ∼82 | 24 | - | [23] |
Timeline of tallest buildings
Name | Image | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
River House | 406 / 124 | 34 | 2008–present | ||
Plaza Towers | 345 / 105 | 34 | 1991–2008 | ||
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel | 318 / 97 | 29 | 1983–1991 | ||
McKay Tower | 259 / 79 | 18 | 1927–1983 | ||
Cathedral of Saint Andrew | 192 / 59 | 1 | 1917–1927 | Assumed title following 1917 Fountain Street Baptist Church fire.[8] | |
Fountain Street Baptist Church | 217 / 66 | 1 | 1877–1917 | Tallest building in Michigan from April 1877 to June 1877 until the completion of Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit, MI. Destroyed by fire in 1917.[24][25] | |
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church | ∼80 / ∼24 | 1 | 1851–18?? | ||
Old Stone School | ∼70 / ∼21 | 3 | 1849–1851 | ||
Campau's Mansion | ∼55 / ∼17 | 4 | 1837–1849 | ||
Calkins Law Office | ∼20 / ∼6 | 1 | 1836–1837 | ||
See also
References
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- ↑ "River House Condominiums". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ "Plaza Towers". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ↑ "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ↑ "Varnum". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ↑ "McKay Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ↑ "JW Marriott Grand Rapids". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- ↑ "Kent County Courthouse". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
- 1 2 "Cathedral of Saint Andrew - Renovations". Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
The main steeple is 180 feet from the pavement, topped by a 12 foot high cross, bringing the steeple height to 192 feet.
- ↑ "National City Bank". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ↑ "77 Monroe Center NW". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ↑ "Select Bank Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ↑ "gallery on fulton". emporis.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ↑ "Campau Square Plaza Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
- ↑ "St. Mary's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids | 250378 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
The 200-foot spire was added to the current church in 1884.(200 foot claim is approximate)
- ↑ "A Brief History of St. Mary's Parish". St. Mary's Catholic Church. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ↑ "Helen Devos Children's Hospital". emporis.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ↑ "Morton House Apartments". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ↑ "Trust Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ↑ "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ↑ "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ↑ Harger, Jim (28 June 2017). "50 years later, parking lot will give way to $72M office and hotel tower". MLive.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Evans, Pat (20 July 2017). "Developer begins 16-story apartment building downtown". Grand Rapids Business Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Harger, Jim (21 April 2017). "New 400-room hotel proposed for DeVos Place convention center". MLive.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Logie, Thomas R. Dilley ; foreword by John H. (2007). Grand Rapids in stereographs,1860-1900. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. p. 63. ISBN 9780738551227.
The spire on the church was an amazing 217 feet in height, The entire building was destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 1917...
- ↑ Baxter, Albert (1891). History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Munsell. p. 282.
It was consequently, not until April 1877, that they could assemble for worship in the magnificent audience room.
External links
- Diagram of Grand Rapids skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage
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