List of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City
This list of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City, Utah by height. The tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Center, which rises and was completed in 1998.
Completed buildings
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m | Floors | Year | Notes |
| 1 | Wells Fargo Center | 422 / 128.6 | 26 | 1998 | Originally the American Stores Tower. 400' at roof level, has a total height of 422'. Has two rooftop heliports. | |
| 2 | LDS Church Office Building | 420 / 128 | 28 | 1973 | There is an observation deck on the 26th floor. | |
| 3 | 111 South Main | 380 / 115.824 | 23 | 2016 | The property, in addition to being an office building, houses the 2,468 seat Eccles Theater, which opened in 2016. Developer: City Creek Reserve, Inc. | |
| 4 | 99 West on South Temple | 375 / 114.3 | 30 | 2010 | The structure topped out in 2009 and completed in 2010. Opened in 2011. 99 West is the tallest residential tower in the City Creek Center and in Salt Lake City. | |
| 5 | Key Bank Tower | 351 / 107 | 27 | 1976 | Previously the Beneficial Life Tower, renamed in 2008. Not to be mistaken with Key Bank Tower that was imploded in 2007. | |
| 6 | One Utah Center | 350 / 107 | 24 | 1991 | 420,000 sq. ft. class A office building at 201 S. Main St. Project was completed at a cost of $102 million. | |
| 7 | Beneficial Financial Group Tower | 335 / 102 | 20 | 1998 | Originally the Gateway Tower West. Briefly renamed Beneficial Life Tower. | |
| 8 | Grand America Hotel | 328 / 100 | 24 | 2001 | Salt Lake City's only AAA Five Diamond hotel. The main structure, not including the cupola or flagpole, is 249 feet. 328 feet with the cupola and flagpole, according to the hotel engineer. Tallest all-hotel building in the state. The hotel's façade is covered in 300,000 square feet of Vermont white granite. The interior has English all-wool carpets and Milanese and Venetian chandeliers. | |
| 9 | American Tower North | 324 / 99 | 26 | 1982 | Along with the South Tower, ranked as Salt Lake City's tallest "twin" buildings | |
| 9 | American Tower South | 324 / 99 | 26 | 1982 | ||
| 11 | World Trade Center at City Creek | 320 / 98 | 22 | 1986 | Originally called the Eagle Gate Plaza and Eagle Gate Tower | |
| 12 | 222 South Main | 315 / 96 | 22 | 2009 | First 20+ story skyscraper completed since the Grand America Hotel in 2001, and also the home to one of the largest Investment Banking Organization in the United States, Goldman Sachs | |
| 13 | Hilton Salt Lake City Center | 296 / 90 | 18 | 1983 | ||
| 14 | Utah State Capitol | 285 / 87 | 5 | 1915 | The building houses two of the three branches of Utah State government after the Supreme Court moved to the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in 1998. The building underwent major renovations between 2004 and 2008 in an effort to protect the building in the event of an earthquake. The building is now expected to withstand a 7.3 magnitude earthquake. | |
| 15 | Little America Hotel and Towers | 280 / 85 | 17 | 1980 | ||
| 16 | 136 East South Temple | 274 / 84 | 25 | 1966 | Originally named the University Club Building. | |
| 17 | Zions Bank Building | 267 / 81 | 18 | 1962 | Originally named the Kennecott Building, the Zion Bank Building was renovated in 2005–2006 and received a post-modern stone and glass façade updating its 1960s skin. Workers removed and recycled over 600,000 pounds of copper that once adorned the Kennecott Building during this renovation process. | |
| 18 | The Regent | 265 / 81 | 23 | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Marriott Downtown at City Creek Hotel | 263 / 80 | 16 | 1981 | ||
| 20 | Salt Lake City and County Building | 256 / 78 | 5 | 1894 | The National Park Services states that the central tower has a height of 239 feet in their Historic American Buildings Survey and a height of 303 feet in their National Register of Historic Places form topped with a cupola and a 12.5 foot statue of Columbia. City records say that the architects patterned the building after the old "Town Hall in London, England" which was a late Gothic reconstruction by Christopher Wren. Some local architects claim it is "Richardsonian Romanesque," named after H. H. Richardson who started a Romanesque revival in architecture. The walls, made of rough-hewn Kyune sandstone, quarried in Summit County, are faced with brick on the inside and have a width of over five feet, which slowly tapers off with height. | |
| 21 | HK Tower | 231 / 70 | 14 | 1982 | ||
| 22 | Red Lion Hotel | 230 / 70 | 14 | 1970 | Originally Tri-Arc Travelodge Hotel, then 1985-1987 as Radisson Tri-Arc Hotel. Sold in 1988. | |
| 23 | Walker Center | 220 / 67 | 16 | 1912 | Originally called the Walker Bank Building, it was constructed for the Walker Brothers Bank. The tallest building in Salt Lake City when completed in 1912. A 90-foot radio tower was erected in 1947 for use by the KDYL radio and television station, the first television station in Utah. After a few years the station moved the television transmitters, but the tower remained and on each of the four sides were hung letters to spell out Walker, while Bank was around the perimeter of the top of the building's three-story tower. | |
| 24 | Hotel Monaco | 214 / 65 | 13 | 1924 | Originally called the Continental Bank Building. Its design composition is narrow and vertical and combines a Second Renaissance Revival treatment of the bottom two floors with a strictly utilitarian treatment of the upper floors. The overall design reflects a period of eclecticism during which traditional and modern elements were often joined. Decorative elements include carved stone faces and cartouches, a classical cornice and an original exterior clock. | |
| 24 | Holiday Inn Express Salt Lake City Downtown | 214 / 65 | 13 | Originally, the Regal Inn, this property was renovated in 2015. | ||
| 26 | Salt Lake Temple | 210 / 64 | 4 | 1893 | Construction started in 1853 and took 40 years to complete. The 50 moonstones on the buttresses of the temple depict the phases of the moon throughout the year. Additionally, there are sunstones, earth stones, a depiction of the constellation Ursa Major, and cloud stones. Brigham Young instructed the temple architect, Truman O. Angell Sr., that "there will be three towers on the east, representing the President and his two counselors; also three similar towers on the west representing the Presiding Bishop and his two counselors; the towers on the east the Melchisedek priesthood, those on the west the Aaronic priesthood. The center towers will be higher than those on the sides, and the west towers a little lower than those on the east end. The body of the building will be between these." The dedicatory plaque on the temple's eastern middle tower reads "Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Commenced April 6, 1853. Completed April 6, 1893." | |
| 27 | US Bank Tower | 209 / 64 | 15 | 1984 | ||
| 27 | CenturyLink Building | 209 / 64 | 15 | 1980 | ||
| 27 | J.C. Penney Building | 209 / 64 | 15 | 1973 | ||
| 30 | Marriott City Center | 198 / 60 | 13 | 2000 | ||
| 31 | Broadway Centre | 196 / 60 | 14 | 1992 | ||
| 31 | Parkside Tower | 196 / 60 | 14 | 1984 | ||
| 33 | First Security Building | 192 / 59 | 14 | 1919 | Originally called the Deseret National Bank Building. It was acquired by First Security Bank in 1932. It retains a "First Security" sign on the top of its façade. | |
| 34 | Ken Garff Building | 191 / 58 | 12 | 1955 | Originally called the First Security Building. It's Utah's finest example of the modernist movement's International Style. The Ken Garff Building was a First Security Bank and Wells Fargo Bank building for a time. It was the first high-rise built in the city since the Hotel Monaco was completed in 1924. | |
| 35 | Joseph Smith Memorial Building | 182 / 55 | 13 | 1911 | Originally the Hotel Utah. An example of "Neo-classical Revival" or the subtype "modern Italian Renaissance" as described by the architects. | |
| 35 | 257 Towers Building | 182 / 55 | 13 | 1986 | ||
| 37 | 185 South State | 175 / 53 | 13 | 1982 | ||
| 38 | 50 West Broadway | 168 / 51 | 12 | 1983 | Recently housed Chase Bank. It now houses Broadway Media Group. | |
| 39 | Boston Building | 164 / 50 | 11 | 1908 | With the Newhouse Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse and designed by Henry Ives Cobb. | |
| 39 | Newhouse Building | 164 / 50 | 11 | 1909 | Along with the Boston Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb. | |
| 41 | 143 South Main | 145 / 44 | 10 | 1924 | ||
| 42 | Kearns Building | 144 / 43.9 | 10 | 1910 | Built by mining businessman Thomas Kearns, this building is one of the finest examples of the Sullivanesque Style in the intermountain west. Designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom. | |
| 43 | Deseret News Building | 126 / 38 | 9 | 1997 | ||
| 43 | City Center I | 126 / 38 | 9 | 1986 | ||
| 45 | Richards Court West | 125 / 38 | 10 | 2010 | ||
| 45 | Richards Court East | 125 / 38 | 10 | 2010 | ||
| 47 | LDS Business College | 121 / 37 | 9 | 1984 | Part of the Triad Center complex. | |
| 48 | Judge Building | 102 / 31 | 7 | 1909 | An example of the Commercial Style. Built by mining businesswoman Mary Judge. Designed by David C. Dart. |
Under construction and proposed
| Name | Image | Height ft / m | Floors | Year | Notes |
| Kensington Tower | 448/137 | 39 | n/a | Planned. Kensington Tower will be a new luxury residential tower located at the intersection of 200 South and State Street, replacing a Carl's Jr. If built, it would be the tallest building in Salt Lake City. 680,000 square feet and 380 residential units. | |
| Tower 8 / 95 State Street at City Creek | 395/120 | 28 | 2021 | Under Construction. The new tower will house retail shops, restaurants and a meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as well as an Class A Offices. | |
| Hyatt Regency / Convention Center Hotel | 335 / 102 | 28 | 2022 | Under Construction. A 616,000 square foot hotel that will be integrated into the adjacent Salt Palace Convention Center. Planned to include 725 guest rooms. | |
| Liberty Sky | 250/76 | n/a | n/a | Under Construction. Luxury 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. |