Columbus, the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio, is home to 37 buildings with a height greater than 200 feet (61 m) as of 2026, the third most in any city in Ohio after Cincinnati and Cleveland. 18 of these buildings taller than 300 feet (91 m), the second most in Ohio after Cleveland, while Columbus ties Cleveland in terms of skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 m), with five. The tallest building in Columbus is the 629 ft (192 m), 41-story Rhodes State Office Tower, a modernist skyscraper completed in 1973. It is Ohio's fifth-tallest building. The city's second tallest building is the LeVeque Tower; this 1927 Art Deco skyscraper was the first in the state to be built on caisson foundations.
The history of skyscrapers in Columbus began in 1901 with the completion of the 13-story 16 East Broad Street, regarded as the first high-rise in the city. The city went through an early high-rise boom in the 1920s, during which the LeVeque Tower (then known as the American Insurance Union Citadel) was constructed; at its opening in 1927, it was the fifth-tallest building in the world, and tallest outside of New York City and Chicago. Known for its ornate ornamentation and terracotta facade, the LeVeque Tower rose above the rest of the city's skyline for decades, as high-rise construction came to halt after the Great Depression.
From the early 1960s to the early 1990s, Columbus witnessed a second, larger construction boom that lasted until 1991. Most of the cityâÂÂs high-rises were built during this period, including the Rhodes State Building, the William Green Building, the Huntington Center, and the Vern Riffe State Office Tower. Despite strong continued population growth, the city's skyline has grown little from the 1990s onwards, and remains dominated by office buildings. Between 1990 and 2020, the tallest additions to the skyline was the Fifth Third Center in 1998 and the 314 ft (96 m) Miranova Condominiums in 2002, the city's tallest residential tower. The 2020s has seen an uptick in high-rise development; the 350 ft (107 m) Hilton Columbus Downtown Tower was completed in 2022. Work on the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital and Merchant Building, both over 350 ft (107 m) tall, are anticipated to be finished by 2026.
Most high-rises in the city are located in Downtown Columbus, which lies within the Inner Belt and sits east of the Scioto River. A ring of towers, including four of the city's five tallest buildings (the exception being the William Green Building) surround Capitol Square, a public square that includes the Ohio Statehouse. Three buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) that lie outside downtown are hospital buildings: the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Southern Orchards, the Ohio State East Hospital in King-Lincoln Bronzeville, and The James Cancer Hospital, on the campus of Ohio State University. Also at the university are The Towers, two student dormitory high-rises.
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The maps below show the location of buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Downtown Columbus. Each marker is numbered by the building's height rank, and colored by the decade of its completion.
This list ranks completed buildings in Columbus that stand at least 200 ft (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The âÂÂYearâ column indicates the year of completion. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion with earlier buildings ranked first, and then alphabetically.
The following table includes buildings under construction in Columbus that are planned to be at least 200 feet (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. The âÂÂYearâ column indicates the expected year of completion. Buildings that are on hold are not included.
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Columbus.