List of tallest buildings in Buffalo

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This list of the tallest buildings in Buffalo, New York, ranks skyscrapers in Buffalo by height. The tallest building in Buffalo is currently the Seneca One Tower, which stands 529 feet (161 m) tall. As of 2026, Buffalo has 17 structures taller than 250 ft (76 m).

Downtown Buffalo looking down Main Street

Buffalo has a rich tradition for architecture. Among the first true skyscrapers built in the city were the Prudential (Guaranty) 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 (46 m). 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 (39 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 based on present height.

Skyline of Buffalo from the Niagara River, 2015
More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Image Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Notes
1 Seneca One Tower 529 / 161 40 1972 Tallest building in the city. Tallest building constructed in the 1970s.[1][2] Previously known as One Seneca Tower (2013–2017), One HSBC Center (1999–2013), Marine Midland Center (1972–1999).
2 Rand Building 405 / 123 29 1929 Tallest building constructed in the 1920s.[3][4]
3 Buffalo City Hall 398 / 121 32 1931 Tallest building constructed in the 1930s.[5][6][7]
4 Main Place Tower 350 / 107 26 1969 Tallest building constructed in the 1960s.[8][9]
5 Liberty Building 345 / 105 23 1925 [10][11]
6 One M&T Plaza 317 / 97 21 1966 [12][13]
7 Electric Tower 294 / 90 14 1912 Also known as the Niagara Mohawk Building. Tallest building constructed in the 1910s.[14][15]
8 Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral 275 / 84 1851 Tallest building constructed in the 1850s
9 50 Fountain Plaza 275 / 84 17 1990 Tallest building constructed in the 1990s. Formerly known as Key Center North Tower.
10 Buffalo Central Terminal 271 / 83 20 1929 Also known as the New York Central Terminal Complex.[16][17]
11 Erie County Hall 270 / 82 1876 Tallest building constructed in the 1870s. Also known as County and City Hall.[18]
12 Statler Hotel 265 / 81 19 1923 Also known as the Statler Towers.[19][20]
13 10 Lafayette Square 263 / 80 23 1959 Tallest building constructed in the 1950s.[21][22] Also known as the Tishman Building.
14 Verizon/AT&T Building 258 / 79 16 1913 [21][23] Previously known as The Telephone Company Building.
15 Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse 255 / 78 10 2011 Tallest building constructed in the 2010s.[24]
16 Golisano Children's Hospital of Buffalo 252 / 77 (est) 12 2017 Formerly known as John R. Oishei Children's Hospital
17 The Marin 250 / 76 17 1913 Formerly known as the Marine Trust Company Building; Main Seneca Building.[25]
18 Genesee Building/Hyatt Regency Hotel 249 / 76 16 1923 [26]
19 Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church 246 / 75 1889 Tallest building constructed in the 1880s
20 Old Post Office 244 / 74 1901 Now Erie Community College City Campus. Also known as U.S. Post Office [27][28]
21 LECOM Harborcenter 240 / 73 (est) 20 2015 [29] Connected to KeyBank Center
22 Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church 241 / 72 1891 Now King Urban Life Center
23 The Avant 225 / 69 15 1973 / 2009 Former Thaddeus J. Dulski Federal Building[30]
24 40 Fountain Plaza 225 / 69 13 1990 Formerly known as Key Center South Tower
25 Edward A. Rath County Office Building 223 / 68 16 1969 [31]
26 Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr 217 / 66 1886
27 Buffalo General Hospital Building A 213 / 65 16 1986 Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.[32]
28 Wheeler Elevator 207 / 63 13 Also known as Buffalo RiverWorks; Agway/GLF East Work House[33]
29 Concrete-Central Elevator 207 / 63 7 1915 [34]
30 Erie County Medical Center 195 / 59 13[35] 1978 [36]
31 Delaware North Building 194 / 59* 12 2015 *Height: 174/53 to roof level, 194/59 to top of mechanicals (Source: Developer)
32 Standard Elevator 194 / 59 1928 Also known as Pillsbury Elevator.[37]
33 Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute 190 / 58 10 2011 [38]
34 Marine A Elevator 190 / 58 11 1925 [39]
35 Superior Elevator 189 / 58 1925 Also known as Cargill "S" or Cargill Superior Elevator.[40]
36 Main Court Building 188 / 57 13 1963 [41]
37 Asbury Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church 184 / 56 1876 Also known as Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.[42]
38 Westminster Presbyterian Church 184 / 56 1859 [43]
39 Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center 182 / 56 [44] 11 2015 Part of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.[45]
40 Church of the Transfiguration TransfigurationBuffalo 180 / 55 1896
41 City Centre Condominiums 180 / 55 14 1993 [46]
42 Buffalo VA Medical Center 177 / 54 14 1950 [47]
43 Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator 177 / 54 1925 Also known as the Buffalo Malting Elevator.[48]
44 Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church 175 / 53 1907 [49]
45 Connecting Terminal 174 / 53 1915 [50]
46 Cargill Pool Elevator 174 / 53 1925 Also known as the Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator.[51]
47 The Pasquale 173 / 53 (est.) 13 2009 Tallest building constructed in the 2000s. Luxury condos.[52]
48 10 Hertel Avenue 173 / 53 (est.) 13 1972 Part of the Marina Vista Apartments complex. Formerly known as Watergate II Apartments 1. Public housing.[53]
49 12 Hertel Avenue 173 / 53 (est.) 13 1972 Part of the Marina Vista Apartments complex. Formerly known as Watergate II Apartments 2. Public housing.[54]
50 Assumption Roman Catholic Church 170 / 52 1915 [55]
51 Prudential/Guaranty Building 167 / 51 13 1896 [56]
52 AM&A Building 166 / 51 12 1948 Tallest building constructed in the 1940s.[57]
53 Ellicott Square Building 164 / 50 10 1896 [58]
54 First Presbyterian Church 164 / 50 1891 [59]
55 Olympic Towers 161 / 49 11 1903 Also known as the Young Men's Christian Association Central Building.[60]
56 Richardson Olmsted Complex 161 / 49 4 1871 [61]
57 General Mills Plant 161 / 49 12 Also known as the Frontier Elevator.[62]
58 800 West Ferry Street 161 / 49 (est.) 12 1929 High-rise condominium tower.[63]
59 The Admiral 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[64]
60 The Bayshore 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[65]
61 The Coastline 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[66]
62 The Driftwood 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[67]
63 The Ebbtide 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[68]
64 Elmwood Square Apartments 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1973 Section 8 public housing for senior citizens.[69]
65 The Flagstaff 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[70]
66 The Gulfstream 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1952 Part of the Marine Drive Apartments complex. Public housing.[71]
67 M&T Center (Buffalo Savings Bank extension) 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1985 The building is a north side addition to the Buffalo Savings Bank[72]
68 Marguerite Hall 160 / 49 (est.) 12 1966[73] [74] D'Youville College dormitory
69 Riverview Manor 160 / 49 (est) 12 1977 Also known as Riverview Apartments. Apartment building for senior citizens.[75]
70 Buffalo City Court Building 154 / 47 (est.) 10 1974 [76]
71 St. Mary's Cement Storage Tanks 154 / 47 1910 Also known as the Spencer Kellogg Elevator[77]
72 American Grain Complex 151 / 46 10 1933 Also known as the Perot Malting Elevator; Genesee Brewing Elevator.[78]
73 500 Pearl Street 151 / 46 12 2019 [79]
74 Lake & Rail Grain Elevator 151 / 46 9 1927 [80]
75 Saint Adalbert's Basilica 151 / 46 1886 [81]
76 Swan Tower 148 / 45 10 1902 Also known as the Fidelity Trust Building.[82]
77 Admiral's Walk Condominiums 147 / 45 (est.) 11 1990 Luxury condos.[83]
78 Churchill Academic Tower 147 / 45 (est.) 11 1971 Houses Canisius University classrooms and lecture halls.[84]
79 PSG Residences 147 / 45 (est.) 11 1978 Also known as Piotr Stadnitski Gardens. Apartment building for senior citizens.[85]
80 Santa Maria Towers 147 / 45 (est.) 11 1984[86] Apartment building for senior citizens.[87]
81 Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo 145 / 44 (est.) 11 1956 [88]
82 The Delaware Tower 142 / 43 (est.) 17 1962 [89]
83 Buffalo Athletic Club 141 / 43 (est.) 12 1922 [90]
84 Cathedral Place 140 / 43 (est.) 10 1906 Also known as the White Building.[91]
85 St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church 140 / 43 (est.) 1928 [92]
86 42 Delaware Avenue 136 / 41 (est.) 11 1929 [93]
87 12 Fountain Plaza 133 / 41 (est.) 10 1983 Also known as the Norstar Building.[94]
88 Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments 133 / 41 (est.) 10 1973 [95] Apartment building for senior citizens.[96]
89 Mary Agnes Manor 133 / 41 (est.) 10 1965 Apartment building for senior citizens.[97]
90 Roswell Park Cancer Institute 133 / 41 (est.) 10 1998 [98]
91 Baptist Manor Apartments 133 / 41 (est.) 16 1976 [99]
92 Clement Hall 133 / 41 11 1964 Residence hall at the University at Buffalo's South Campus.[100]
93 Goodyear Hall 133 / 41 11 1960 Residence hall at the University at Buffalo's South Campus.[101]
94 Kimball Tower 133 / 41 11 1957 Houses the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions.[102]
95 Dun Building 130 / 40 10 1895 [103]
96 Erie County Court Building 130 / 40 (est) 8 1965 [104]
97 Larkin @ Exchange 130 / 40 (est) 8 1912 Also known as the Larkin Building, Graphic Controls Corporation Building, Larkin Terminal Warehouse.[105]
98 One Canalside 129 / 39 8 1962 / 2013 Formerly General William J. Donovan State Office Building.[106]
99 Buffalo General Hospital Building D 128 / 39 8 1901[107] Also known as Buffalo General Hospital Administration Building;[108] Buffalo General Hospital East Wing.[107]
100 Convention Tower 128 / 39 (est.) 12 1924 Also known as the Walbridge Building.[109][110]
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Tallest proposed or under construction

This lists buildings (greater than 12 floors) that have been proposed in Buffalo.

More information Name, Height feet / m ...
Name Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Proposed Status Notes
Marine Drive Apartments Building A +160/+49m 12 2023 proposed Planned main building for redeveloped Marine Drive Apartments.[111][112]
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Tallest cancelled and stale proposals

This section denotes proposals that are now cancelled or the proposal has sat longer than 2 years.

More information Name, Height feet / m ...
Name Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Proposed Status Notes
Unity Tower at Cobblestone Place +656/+200m 55 2020 Stale proposal Proposed tongue-in-cheek by owner at the time of Cobblestone buildings. Nothing ever materialized from this plan.[113]
Buffalo City Tower 600 / 183 40 2006 cancelled This project was cancelled due to the financial woes of the developer, BSC Group
Apartments at Queen City Landing 324 / 99 20 2016 cancelled Proposed height later reduced from 23 to 20 stories. Project was repeatedly stymied by litigation due to environmental concerns, "suspended indefinitely" in 2020 due to the developer's inability to secure financing from the city,[114] and definitively cancelled in 2021 when the property was put up for sale.[115]
33 Gates Circle 297 / 85 23 2006 cancelled Project cancelled due to the 2008 financial crisis. In 2018, the developer proposed a series of three-story, 12-unit townhouses for the site.[116]
Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino Hotel Tower 220 / 67 22 2010 cancelled The Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino was completed in 2013 without the hotel tower
Adelphia Tower 220 / 67 15 2004 cancelled The project size and scope was altered several times (40 floors, 38 floors, 22 floors and finally 15 floors) before being cancelled
The Carlo 186 / 57 (est) 14 2012 Stale Proposal
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Tallest destroyed buildings

This lists buildings in the city of Buffalo that once existed and rose at least 150 ft (46 m) but have since been destroyed.

More information Name, Image ...
Name Image Height
feet / m		 Floors Year built Year destroyed Notes
Electric Tower (Pan-American Exposition) 389 / 119 1901 1902 Intended 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.[117]
St. Joseph's New Cathedral 240 / 73 1913 1976 [118]
St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church 225 / 69 1885 1964 (partially) Spires removed due to structural damage after a windstorm, remainder of the building still extant. St. Ann's parish dissolved in 2011 and the building is now vacant.[119]
D. S. Morgan Building 221 / 67 12 1895 1965 The Edward A. Rath County Office Building now occupies the site.[120]
Great Northern Elevator 188 / 57 1897 2023 [121]
A. Victor & Company Department Store 186 / 57 11 1928 1981 [122][123]
50 High Street 173 / 53 13 1965 2007 Also known as the General Towers Medical Building or Erie Medical Center.[124] Oishei Children's Hospital now occupies the site.
Iroquois Hotel 166 / 51 11 1890 1940 Also known as the Gerrans building. One M&T Plaza now occupies the site.[125]
St. Stephen's Evangelical Church 164 / 50 1874 1923 (partially) Spire removed in 1923, remainder of the building still extant. Most recently home to Emmanuel Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church; now vacant.[126]
Chamber of Commerce Building 161 / 49 13 1905[127] 1986 [128]
Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital 160 / 49 12 1941 2015 [129]
Ford Hotel Upload image 151 / 46 13 1922 2000 Hampton Inn and Suites Hotel now occupies the site.[130]
Hotel Buffalo 150 / 46 12 1908 1967 Sahlen Field now occupies the site.[131]
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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.

More information Name, Image ...
Years as
tallest		 Name Image Height
feet / m		 Floors Notes
1827–1851 First Presbyterian Church unknown N/A Demolished 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 (50 m). Main Place Tower occupies the site today.
1851–1901 Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral 275 / 84 N/A Tallest building in Upstate New York during this time.
1901–1902 Electric Tower (Pan-American Exposition) 389 / 119 N/A Demolished 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 (61 cm) shorter than the Park Row Building in New York City.
1902–1912 Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral 275 / 84 N/A Tallest building in Upstate New York during this time.
1912–1925 Electric Tower 294 / 90 14 Tallest building in Upstate New York 1912–1914.
1925–1929 Liberty Building 345 / 105 23 Tallest building in Upstate New York 1925–1928.
1929–1972 Rand Building 405 / 123 29 Tallest building in Upstate New York 1929–1972. First building to exceed the height of the original Electric Tower, demolished 27 years earlier.
1972- Seneca One Tower 529 / 161 40 Tallest building in Upstate New York 1972-1973.
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