List of tallest buildings in Buffalo


This list of the tallest buildings in Buffalo ranks skyscrapers in Buffalo, New York by height. The tallest building in Buffalo is currently the One Seneca Center, which stands 529 feet tall. As of 2016, Buffalo has 16 structures taller than 250 ft.
Buffalo has a rich tradition for architecture. Among the first true skyscrapers built in the city were the Prudential Building and the Ellicott Square Building, both being built in the 1890s. A number of the tallest municipal buildings in the country were also built in the city, such as Buffalo City Hall, which continues to dominate the skyline. The city is also home to a large collection of large grain elevators, many of which rise above 150 ft. Construction of high rise buildings has increased in recent years after decades of relative dormancy, in addition to the retro-fitting of many old structures.

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Buffalo buildings that stand at least 128 feet 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 based on present height.
RankNameImageHeight
feet / m		FloorsYearNotes
1Seneca One Tower529 / 161401972Tallest building in the city. Tallest building constructed in the 1970s. Previously known as One Seneca Tower, One HSBC Center, Marine Midland Center.
2Buffalo City Hall398 / 121321931Tallest building constructed in the 1930s.
3Rand Building391 / 119291929Tallest building constructed in the 1920s.
4Main Place Tower350 / 107261969Tallest building constructed in the 1960s.
5Liberty Building345 / 105231925
6One M&T Plaza317 / 97211966
7Electric Tower294 / 90141912Also known as the Niagara Mohawk Building. Tallest building constructed in the 1910s.
8Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral275 / 841851Tallest building constructed in the 1850s
950 Fountain Plaza275 / 84171990Tallest building constructed in the 1990s. Formerly known as Key Center North Tower
10Buffalo Central Terminal271 / 83201929Also known as the New York Central Terminal Complex.
11Erie County Hall270 / 821876Tallest building constructed in the 1870s.
12Statler Hotel265 / 81191923Also known as the Statler Towers.
1310 Lafayette Square263 / 80231959Tallest building constructed in the 1950s.
14Verizon/AT&T Building258 / 79161913
15Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse255 / 78102011Tallest building constructed in the 2010s.
16John R. Oishei Children's Hospital252 / 77 122017
17The Marin250 / 76171913Formerly known as the Marine Trust Company Building; Main Seneca Building.
18Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency Hotel249 / 76161923
19Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church246 / 751889Tallest building constructed in the 1880s
20Old Post Office244 / 741901Now Erie Community College City Campus
21LECOM Harborcenter240 / 73 202015Connected to KeyBank Center
22Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church241 / 721891Now King Urban Life Center
23The Avant225 / 69151973 / 2009Former Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building
2440 Fountain Plaza225 / 69131990Formerly known as Key Center South Tower
25Edward A. Rath County Office Building223 / 68161969
26Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr217 / 661886
27Buffalo General Hospital Building A213 / 65161986Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.
28Wheeler Elevator207 / 6313Also known as RiverWorks; Agway/GLF East Work House
29Concrete-Central Elevator207 / 6371915
30Erie County Medical Center195 / 59131978
31Delaware North Building194 / 59*122015*Height: 174/53 to roof level, 194/59 to top of mechanicals
32Standard Elevator194 / 591928Also known as Pillsbury Elevator.
33Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute190 / 58102011
34Marine A Elevator190 / 58111925
35Superior Elevator189 / 581925Also known as Cargill "S" or Cargill Superior Elevator.
36Main Court Building188 / 57131963
37Great Northern Elevator188 / 571897
38Asbury Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church184 / 561876
39Westminster Presbyterian Church184 / 561859
40Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center182 / 56112015Part of Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
41City Centre Condominiums180 / 55141993
42Buffalo VA Medical Center177 / 54141950
43Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator177 / 541925Also known as the Buffalo Malting Elevator.
44Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church175 / 531907
45Connecting Terminal174 / 531915
46Cargill Pool Elevator174 / 531925Also known as the Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator.
47The Pasquale173 / 53 132009Tallest building constructed in the 2000s. Luxury condos.
4810 Hertel Avenue173 / 53 131972Part of the Marina Vista Apartments complex. Formerly known as Watergate II Apartments 1. Public housing.
4912 Hertel Avenue173 / 53 131972Part of the Marina Vista Apartments complex. Formerly known as Watergate II Apartments 2. Public housing.
50Assumption Roman Catholic Church170 / 521915
51Prudential/Guaranty Building167 / 51131896
52AM&A Building166 / 51121948Tallest building constructed in the 1940s.
53Ellicott Square Building164 / 50101896
54First Presbyterian Church164 / 501897
55Olympic Towers161 / 49111903Also known as the Young Men's Christian Association Central Building.
56Richardson Olmsted Complex161 / 4941871
57General Mills Plant161 / 4912Also known as the Frontier Elevator.
58800 West Ferry Street161 / 49 121929High-rise condominium tower.
59The Admiral160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
60The Bayshore160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
61The Coastline160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
62The Driftwood160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
63The Ebbtide160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
64Elmwood Square Apartments160 / 49 121973Section 8 public housing for senior citizens.
65The Flagstaff160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
66The Gulfstream160 / 49 121952Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.
67M&T Center 160 / 49 1985The building is a north side addition to the Buffalo Savings Bank
68Marguerite Hall160 / 49 121966D'Youville College dormitory
69Riverview Manor160 / 49 121977Also known as Riverview Apartments. Apartment building for senior citizens.
70Buffalo City Court Building154 / 47 101974
71St. Mary's Cement Storage Tanks154 / 471910Also known as the Spencer Kellogg Elevator
72American Grain Complex151 / 46101933Also known as the Perot Malting Elevator; Genesee Brewing Elevator.
73500 Pearl Street151 / 46122019
74Lake & Rail Grain Elevator151 / 4691927
75Saint Adalbert's Basilica151 / 461886
76Swan Tower148 / 45101902Also known as the Fidelity Trust Building.
77Admiral's Walk Condominiums147 / 45 111990Luxury condos.
78Churchill Academic Tower147 / 45 111971Houses Canisius College classrooms and lecture halls.
79PSG Residences147 / 45 111978Also known as Piotr Stadnitski Gardens. Apartment building for senior citizens.
80Santa Maria Towers147 / 45 111984Apartment building for senior citizens.
81Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo145 / 44 111956
82The Delaware Tower142 / 43 171962
83Buffalo Athletic Club141 / 43 121922
84Cathedral Place140 / 43 101906Also known as the White Building.
85St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church140 / 43 1928
8642 Delaware Avenue136 / 41 111929
8712 Fountain Plaza133 / 41 101983Also known as the Norstar Building.
88Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments133 / 41 101973Apartment building for senior citizens.
89Mary Agnes Manor133 / 41 101965Apartment building for senior citizens.
90Roswell Park Cancer Institute133 / 41 101998
91Baptist Manor Apartments133 / 41 161976
92Goodyear Hall133 / 41111960Residence hall at the University at Buffalo's South Campus.
93Kimball Tower133 / 41111957Houses the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions and site of WBFO's radio transmitter tower.
94Dun Building130 / 40101895
95Erie County Court Building130 / 40 81965
96Larkin @ Exchange130 / 40 81912Also known as the Larkin Building, Graphic Controls Corporation Building, Larkin Terminal Warehouse.
97One Canalside129 / 3981962 / 2013Formerly General William J. Donovan State Office Building.
98Buffalo General Hospital Building D128 / 3981901Also known as Buffalo General Hospital Administration Building; Buffalo General Hospital East Wing.
99Convention Tower128 / 39 121924Also known as the Walbridge Building.

Tallest cancelled and stale proposals

This lists buildings that have been proposed in Buffalo but are now cancelled or the proposal has sat longer than 2 years.
NameHeight
feet / m		FloorsYear ProposedStatusNotes-
Buffalo City Tower600 / 183402006cancelledThis project was cancelled due to the financial woes of the developer, BSC Group-
Apartments at Queen City Landing202016suspendedProposed as a 324-foot, 23-story glass-walled residential tower, later reduced to 20 stories. Project was repeatedly stymied by litigation due to environmental concerns and finally "suspended indefinitely" in 2020 due to the developer's inability to secure financing from the city.-
33 Gates Circle297 / 85232006cancelledProject "fell through when the economy tanked in 2008", according to the Buffalo News. As of 2018, the developer proposes a series of three-story, 12-unit townhouses for the site.-
Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino Hotel Tower220 / 67222010cancelledThe Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino was completed in 2013 without the hotel tower-
Adelphia Tower220 / 67152004cancelledThe project size and scope was altered several times before being cancelled-
The Carlo186 / 57 142012Stale Proposal

Tallest destroyed buildings

This lists buildings in the city of Buffalo that once existed and rose at least 150 ft but have since been destroyed.
NameImageHeight
feet / m		FloorsYear builtYear destroyedNotes
Electric Tower 389 / 11919011902Intended to be temporary and to be destroyed after conclusion of Pan-American Exposition. Not to be confused with the present-day Electric Tower at Washington and East Huron Streets. Tallest building ever destroyed in Upstate New York.
St. Joseph's New Cathedral240 / 7319131976
D. S. Morgan Building221 / 671218951965The Edward A. Rath County Office Building now occupies the site.
A. Victor & Company Department Store186 / 571119281981
50 High Street173 / 531319652007Also known as the General Towers Medical Building or Erie Medical Center. Oishei Children's Hospital now occupies the site.
Iroquois Hotel166 / 511118901940Also known as the Gerrans building. One M&T Plaza now occupies the site.
Chamber of Commerce Building161 / 491319051986
Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital160 / 491219412015
Ford Hotel151 / 461319222000Hampton Inn and Suites Hotel now occupies the site.
Hotel Buffalo150 / 461219081967Sahlen Field now occupies the site.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This section lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Buffalo. Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral held the title twice, both before the construction and after the demolition of the original Electric Tower, which was designed as a temporary building that would only last the length of the Pan-American Exposition.
Years as
tallest		NameImageHeight
feet / m		FloorsNotes
1827-1851First Presbyterian ChurchunknownN/ADemolished in 1890. Not to be confused with the current First Presbyterian Church building on Symphony Circle, erected in 1897 to a height of 164 feet. Main Place Tower occupies the site today.
1851-1901Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral275 / 84N/ATallest building in Upstate New York during this time.
1901-1902Electric Tower 389 / 119N/ADemolished shortly after the close of the Pan-American Exposition. Not to be confused with the present-day Electric Tower at Washington and East Huron Streets, listed below. Tallest building in Upstate New York and also second-tallest building in New York State at the time of its construction, only two feet shorter than the Park Row Building in New York City.
1902-1912Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral275 / 84N/ATallest building in Upstate New York during this time.
1912-1925Electric Tower294 / 9014Tallest building in Upstate New York 1912-1914.
1925-1929Liberty Building345 / 10523Tallest building in Upstate New York 1925-1928.
1929-1931Rand Building391 / 11929First building to exceed the height of the original Electric Tower, demolished 27 years earlier. Was the tallest building in Upstate New York during this time.
1931-1972Buffalo City Hall398 / 12132Tallest building in Upstate New York 1931-1966.
1972-Seneca One Tower529 / 16140