List of tallest buildings in Kansas City, Missouri

The list of tallest buildings in Kansas City, Missouri focuses on the boom of higher residential occupancy downtown. The modernization of the skyline includes the Kansas City Power and Light Building, Municipal Auditorium, and the Kansas City Convention Center pylons.

Downtown Kansas City skyline, looking northwest

Habitable edit

Tallest habitable buildings in Kansas City, Missouri
Rank Name Address Architect Height
feet / m
Floors Year Notes Image
1 One Kansas City Place 1200 Main Street PBNI Architects
624 / 197[1]
42
1988
Tallest commercial building in Missouri. Major offices including Evergy (formerly KCPL) headquarters.
 
2 Town Pavilion 1111 Main Street HNTB Architecture
591 / 180
38
1986
Second tallest KC building, completed in 1986, major offices with post-modern elements and a glass façade.
 
3 Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center
2345 McGee Street PBNDML Architects
504 / 153
45
1980
Tallest hotel in Missouri; Formerly Hyatt Regency, now Sheraton, in the Crown Center District.
 
4 Kansas City Power and Light Building 1330 Baltimore Street Hoit, Price and Barnes
481 / 145
32
1931
Skyline icon for decades with its strong art deco details, tallest building west of the Mississippi from 1931 to 1962.
 
5 909 Walnut 909 Walnut Street Hoit, Price and Barnes
470 / 143
35
1932
Formerly a banking building built during the 1930s construction boom.
 
6 Kansas City City Hall 414 E. 12th Street Wight and Wight
445 / 136
30
1937
Construction boom of the 1920s–1940s with art deco design, one of the nation's tallest city halls.
 
7 1201 Walnut 1201 Walnut Street HNTB Architecture
427 / 130
30
1991
Tallest building in the 1990s.
 
8 Commerce Tower 909 Main Street Keene Simpson & Murphy
421 / 128
30
1965
Formerly Commerce Bank's Headquarters, the first skyscraper designed by locals, tallest in KC in the 1960s.
 
9 City Center Square

(Lightwell Building)

1100 Main Street Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
404 / 123
30
1977
Tallest KC building built in the 1970s.
 
10 Oak Tower 324 E. 11th Street Hoit, Price and Barnes
379 / 116
28
1929
Tallest KC building built in the 1920s, a major fiberoptic network hub for Internet services.
 
11 2345 Grand 2345 Grand Avenue Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Assoc.
(office of Mies van der Rohe)
352 / 107
28
1977
Office building in the Crown Center district.
 
12 Bryant Building 1100 Grand Avenue Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
352 / 107
26
1931
 
13 2555 Grand 2555 Grand Avenue Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
351 / 107
26
2003
Tallest KC building built in the 2000s.
 
14 San Francisco Tower 2510 Grand Avenue The Architects' Collaborative, Cambridge MA
Marshall and Brown
342 / 104.5
32
1976
Luxury condominiums in the Crown Center district.
 
15 Three Light 1477 Main Street Cordish
301 / 91.6
25
2023
16 Crowne Plaza Hotel
1301 Wyandotte Street Ralph F. Oberlechner Associates
299 / 91
28
1968
 
17 AT&T Long Lines Building (Kansas City) 1425 Oak Street
298 / 91
26
1976
 
18 925 Grand 925 Grand Avenue Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
299 / 91
21
1921
Converting to hotel
 
19 Richard Bolling Federal Building 601 E. 12th Street Voskamp and Slezak; Radotinsky, Meyn and Deardorff; Everett and Keleti;
Howard, Tammen and Bergendoff
295 / 90
18
1966
 
20 Jackson County Courthouse 415 E. 12th Street Wight and Wight;
Keene & Simpson;
Frederick C. Gunn
295 / 90
22
1934
 
21 Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse 400 E. 9th Street Ellerbe Becket/ASAI Architects
290 / 88
10
2000
 
22 Wall Street Tower
1101 W. 11th Street Harry Weese Associates
288 / 88
20
1974
Converted into residential units in the Financial District.
 
23 Mark Twain Tower 106 W. 11th Street Hoit, Price and Barnes
285 / 87
24
1923
Converting to residential and was home to the Playboy Club in 1960s.
 
24 One Park Place 700 W. 31st Street Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
280 / 85
20
1963
Condominiums near Union Hill overlooking Downtown.
 
25 TenMain Center 920 Main Street Charles Luckman, Los Angeles, CA
272 / 83
20
1968
Former headquarters of AMC Theatres.
 
26 Two Light Tower 1444 Grand Blvd Humphreys & Partners Architects LP
270 / 82.29
24
2018
Phase 2 of the Luxury apartments built in the Power & Light District to attract renters to revitalize the downtown district. Tallest KC building built in the 2010s.
 
27 One Light Tower 50 East 13th Street Humphreys & Partners Architects LP
265 / 80.7
25
2015
First phase from Cordish & Co. to develop luxury high-rise apartments in the Power & Light District.
 
28 Loew's Convention Hotel 1515 Wyandotte Street Cooper Carry
260 / 79.3
23
2020
Convention space and luxury hotel with a restaurant and bar overlooking downtown Kansas City.
 
29 Commerce Trust Building 922 Walnut Street Jarvis Hunt
258 / 79
20
1906
 
30 Commerce Bank Building 920 Main Street Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum
258 / 79
20
1985
 
31 12 Wyandotte Plaza 12 Wyandotte Street PBNI Architects
253 / 77
18
1986
Built as part of the master plan anchored by One Kansas City Place.
 
32 Kansas City Marriott Downtown 200 W 12th Street
250/ 76
22
1985
Situated in the Convention District and nearby Barney Allis Plaza and Municipal Auditorium.
 
33 1 Memorial Drive 1 Memorial Dr. Henry N. Cobb, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Ellerbe Becket
250 / 76
16
2008
Home to the Federal Reserve Midwest Branch and also the Money Museum; situated on Union Hill.
 
34 Hotel Phillips 106 W. 12th Street Boillot & Lauck
243 / 73
20
1930
 
35 The Grand 1125 Grand Boulevard Thomas E. Stanley
241 / 73
20
1963
Converted to residential, with a new Grand signage.
 
36 H&R Block World Headquarters 1 H&R Block Way
(Oak Street at E. 12th Street)
360 Architecture
236 / 72
17
2006
Sparked the revitalization of the now popular Power & Light District in the mid 2000s.
 
37 & 38 American Century Investment Towers 4500 Main Street HKS, Inc.
236 / 72
20
1991-1994
Built in the 1990s, overlooking the Plaza and J.C. Nichols Fountain. Often illuminated and visible from Midtown or Westport.
 
39 1006 Grand Boulevard Apartments Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Sherman Associates
231 / 70.7
17
1930
Converted into apartments
 
40 Kansas City Marriott Hotel Country Club Plaza 4445 Main Street Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets
229 / 70
18
1986
 
41 Plaza West 4600 Madison Avenue HNTB Architecture
225 / 69
17
1986
 
42 Clubhouse Lofts 128 W. 13th Street Smith, Rea & Lovitt
217 / 66.29
14
1921
43 21 Ten Lofts 21 W. 10th Street Wilder & Wight
208.5 / 63.5
15
1914
44 Professional Building 213 East 11th Street Alexander Company Inc.
206 / 62.79
16
1930
45 UMB Building 928 Grand Boulevard Hoit & Cutler
200 / 60.96
16
1907

Other structures edit

Other tall structures in Kansas City, Missouri
Rank Building Address Architect Height
feet / m
Floors Year Notes Image
KCTV Tower [2] 129 E. 31st Street
956 / 291
1042 / 318
Tower
with antenna
1956
 
Kansas City Convention Center pylons[3] 301 W. 13th St BNIM Architects
Convention Center Associates, Architects
360 / 110
Tip of pylons
1994
The pylons topped with sculptures were added in 1994 alongside the expansion of the Convention Center, an engineering feat over the downtown freeway loop.
 
Liberty Memorial[4] 100 W. 26th Street Harold Van Buren Magonigle
264 / 81
217 / 66
Tower
1926
It is nationally recognized as the official memorial for World War I.
 
KCI Air Traffic Control Tower[5] Kansas City International Airport
250 / 76
1996
 

Timeline edit

 
The New York Life Insurance Building, completed in 1890, is the first multi-story highrise building in Kansas City.

These buildings once held the title of tallest building in Kansas City, Missouri.

Name Street address Architect Years as tallest Height
feet / m
Floors Reference
New York Life Insurance Building 20 W. Ninth Street McKim, Mead, and White 1890–1906 180 / 55
12
Commerce Trust Building 922 Walnut Street Jarvis Hunt 1906–1921 258 / 79
17
Historic Federal Reserve Bank 925 Grand Avenue Graham, Anderson, Probst & White 1921–1929 298 / 91
16
Oak Tower 324 E. 11th Street Hoit, Price and Barnes 1929–1931 379 / 116
28
Kansas City Power and Light Building 1330 Baltimore Street Hoit, Price and Barnes 1931–1977 476 / 145
34
2345 Grand (formerly IBM Plaza) 2345 Grand Avenue Fujikawa Conterato Lohan & Assoc.
(office of Mies van der Rohe)
1977–1980 477 / 145
28
Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center 2345 McGee Street PBNDML Architects 1980–1986 504 / 154
40
Town Pavilion 1111 Main Street HNTB Architecture 1986–1988 591 / 180
38
One Kansas City Place 1200 Main Street PBNI Architects 1988–present 624 / 198
42

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "One Kansas City Place". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "KCTV5's Tall Tower" Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, KCTV5, retrieved July 19, 2008.
  3. ^ "Bartle Hall Convention Center", SkycraperPage.com, retrieved July 23, 2008.
  4. ^ The National World War One Museum, Virtual Tour, The Liberty Memorial Tower Archived December 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved July 28, 2008.
  5. ^ "KCI Control Tower", Emporis, retrieved July 23, 2008.
  • American Institute of Architects/KC (2000). American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art. pp. 21, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 36, 47.
  • Ehrlich, George (1992). Kansas City, Missouri; An Architectural History, 1826–1990. pp. 197, 201, 161, 187–195, 71, 94–96, 161.

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