List of tallest buildings in Fort Worth
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Fort Worth is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the second largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The city is home to over 60 high-rises, 25 of which stand taller than 200 feet (61 m) as of 2026.[1][2] 11 buildings reach a height of over 300 ft (91 m). The tallest building in the city is the 40-story Burnett Plaza, which rises 567 feet (173 m) in Downtown Fort Worth and was completed in 1983.[3] The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is the Bank of America Tower (known until 2017 as the D.R. Horton Tower), which rises 547 feet (167 m). Fort Worth has the fourth-most skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 m) in Texas, after Houston, Dallas, and Austin, with three such buildings. However, none of the buildings in Fort Worth are among the 30 tallest buildings in Texas. Fort Worth's tallest buildings are concentrated in downtown, especially in the Sundance Square district. Downtown Fort Worth is north of Interstate 30 and south of Trinity River.
Tallest buildingBurnett Plaza (1983)
Tallest building height567 ft (172.9 m)
First 150 m+ buildingBurnett Plaza
Taller than 100 m (328 ft)7
| Skyline of Fort Worth | |
|---|---|
Downtown Fort Worth in 2020 | |
| Tallest building | Burnett Plaza (1983) |
| Tallest building height | 567 ft (172.9 m) |
| First 150 m+ building | Burnett Plaza |
| Number of tall buildings (2026) | |
| Taller than 100 m (328 ft) | 7 |
| Taller than 150 m (492 ft) | 3 |
| Number of tall buildings — feet | |
| Taller than 200 ft (61.0 m) | 25 |
| Taller than 300 ft (91.4 m) | 11 |
The history of skyscrapers in Fort Worth began with the completion of the 7-story Flatiron Building in 1907. When built, it was the tallest building in North Texas.[4] The Flatiron Building stood as Fort Worth's tallest structure until 1910, with the construction of the 10-story Baker Building (since renamed the Bob R. Simpson Building).[5] Fort Worth went through a major growth in skyscrapers during the 1920s, with the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank building (since renamed 714 Main) emerging as the tallest in the city.[1] Other notable Art Deco high-rises during this period include the W. T. Waggoner Building and the Electric Building.
The Farmers and Mechanics building remained the tallest in Fort Worth until 1957, when the 30-story Landmark Tower was completed.[6] From the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, Fort Worth went through the largest construction boom in the city's history.[7] All three of its tallest skyscrapers were completed between 1983 and 1984, including the 40-floor Burnett Plaza, which became the city's tallest building. The Burnett Plaza has remained the tallest structure in the city to date. A tornado in 2000 damaged numerous skyscrapers, leading to a height increase for The Fort Worth Tower following repairs, and the demolition of the Landmark Tower, then the city's sixth-tallest building. The tallest building constructed in the 21st century in Fort Worth thus far is the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, currently the sixth-tallest building in the city.
History
Number of buildings by height in Fort Worth by the end of each year, based on the information in this article. This takes into account three demolished buildings. Click on the legend to toggle a specific height on or off. View chart definition.
Map of tallest buildings
The map below shows the location of buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Fort Worth, all of which are in the city's downtown. Each marker is numbered by the building's height rank, and colored by the decade of its completion.
Buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Fort Worth.
- 1950s and before
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
1
Burnett Plaza2
Bank of America Tower3
777 Main Street4
The Fort Worth Tower5
Wells Fargo Tower6
Omni Fort Worth Hotel7
Frost Bank Tower8
Fort Worth City Hall9
Deco 96910
714 Main11
Bank of America Center12
AT&T Building13
W. T. Waggoner Building14
Blackstone Hotel15
Star-Telegram Building16
City Place Tower Two17
Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building18
City Place Tower One19
River Tower20
The Carnegie21
Oncor Building22
Electric Building23
Petroleum Building24
Sinclair Building25
Tarrant County Corrections CenterCityscape
Tallest buildings
This list ranks completed buildings in Fort Worth that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding observation towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes but not ranked. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion with earlier buildings ranked first, and then alphabetically.
Was the tallest building in Fort Worth upon completion
| Rank | Name | Image | Location | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnett Plaza |  |
32°45′01″N 97°20′04″W | 567 (172.9) | 40 | 1983 | Office | Tallest building in Fort Worth and in Texas outside of Houston, Dallas, or Austin. Tallest building completed in Fort Worth in the 1980s. Built on the site of the demolished Medical Arts Building. Also known as First United Tower.[3][8][9] |
| 2 | Bank of America Tower |  |
32°45′22″N 97°19′50″W | 547 (166.7) | 38 | 1984 | Office | Designed as a "twin" of the Wells Fargo Tower, and is the taller of the two structures. Formerly known as the D.R. Horton Tower. Also known as City Center Tower II.[10][11][12] |
| 3 | 777 Main Street |  |
32°45′11″N 97°19′47″W | 525 (160) | 40 | 1983 | Office | Built on the site of the Aviation Building.[13][14] Formerly known as the Carter + Burgess Plaza (2000–12), UPR Plaza (1998–2000), and the Continental Plaza (1998).[15][16] |
| 4 | The Fort Worth Tower |  |
32°45′12″N 97°19′58″W | 488 (148.7) | 35 | 1974 | Residential | Tallest residential building in Fort Worth. Also known as The Tower and Block 82 Tower.[17][18] The building was originally built to a height of 454 feet (138 m) in 1974, and was the tallest building in Fort Worth from 1974 to 1982, when it was overtaken by Wells Fargo Tower. Following damage from the 2000 Fort Worth tornado, it was redesigned and renovated, with its height increased to 488 ft (149 m) when it reopened in 2005.[19] Tallest building completed in Fort Worth in the 1970s. |
| 5 | Wells Fargo Tower |  |
32°45′23″N 97°19′55″W | 477 (145.4) | 33 | 1982 | Office | Tallest building in Fort Worth briefly from 1982 to 1983. Designed as a "twin" of the Bank of America Tower. Shorter of the two structures. Also known as the Chase Texas Tower and the City Center Tower I.[20][21][22] |
| 6 | Omni Fort Worth Hotel |  |
32°44′54″N 97°19′43″W | 447 (136.3) | 33 | 2009 | Mixed-use | Mixed-use residential and hotel building. Tallest building in Fort Worth completed in the 2000s and in the 21st century. Tallest mixed-use building in Fort Worth. Originally planned to be between 15-21 stories high.[23][24][25] |
| 7 | Frost Bank Tower | — | 32°45′09″N 97°20′00″W | 369 (112.5) | 25 | 2018 | Mixed-use | Mixed-use office and residential building. Tallest building completed in Fort Worth in the 2010s.[26][27][28] |
| 8 | Fort Worth City Hall |  |
32°45′11″N 97°20′37″W | 324 (98.8) | 20 | 2004 | Government | Was built by Pier 1 Imports and known simply as Pier 1 World Headquarters.[29][30] Purchased by Chesapeake Energy and renamed the Chesapeake Plaza in 2008, but bought back by Pier 1 and renamed again in 2014.[31] Sold in 2021 to the City of Fort Worth, with renovations to the new city hall completed in 2024.[32][33] |
| 9 | Deco 969 | — | 32°45′08″N 97°19′41″W | 315 (96) | 27 | 2024 | Residential | Tallest building completed in Fort Worth in the 2020s. Also known as 901 Commerce.[34][35] |
| 10 | 714 Main |  |
32°45′10″N 97°19′49″W | 307 (93.6) | 24 | 1921 | Hotel | Tallest building in Fort Worth from 1921 to 1957. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also known as the Transport Life Building and the Continental Life Insurance Building.[36][37][38] |
| 11 | Bank of America Center |  |
32°45′05″N 97°20′01″W | 300 (91.4) | 21 | 1962 | Office | Also known as 500 West 7th, First on 7th, and the First National Bank Building.[39][40][41] |
| 12 | AT&T Building |  |
32°45′00″N 97°19′46″W | 295 (89.9) | 17 | 1958 | Office | Tallest building completed in Fort Worth in the 1950s. Tallest building in Fort Worth with a spire.[42] Also known as the Southwestern Bell Telephone Building.[43][44][45] |
| 13 | W. T. Waggoner Building |  |
32°45′06″N 97°19′50″W | 270 (82.3) | 20 | 1920 | Hotel | Tallest building in Fort Worth briefly from 1920 to 1921. Originally built as an office building. Opened as the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel in 2023. Tallest building in Fort Worth prior to 714 Main. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[46][47][48] |
| 14 | Blackstone Hotel |  |
32°45′14″N 97°19′49″W | 268 (81.7) | 20 | 1929 | Hotel | Redesigned in 1999 after being abandoned for over a decade. Also known as the Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown.[49][50] |
| 15 | Star-Telegram Building |  |
32°45′06″N 97°19′54″W | 260 (79.3) | 19 | 1930 | Office | Partially built into neighboring Oil and Gas Building. Also known as the Commerce Building, Service Life Center, and the Fair Store Building.[51][52][53] |
| 16 | City Place Tower Two |  |
32°45′21″N 97°20′05″W | 258 (78.6) | 20 | 1978 | Office | Tallest structure of the Charles D. Tandy Center. Also known as the South Tower and Two Tandy Center.[54][55][56] |
| 17 | Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building | – | 32°45′02″N 97°19′54″W | 250 (76.2) | 14 | 1968 | Government | [57] |
| 18 | City Place Tower One |  |
32°45′16″N 97°20′01″W | 247 (75.3) | 19 | 1976 | Office | Shorter structure of the Charles D. Tandy Center. Also known as the North Tower and One Tandy Center.[58][59][60] |
| 19 | River Tower | — | 32°44′59″N 97°20′38″W | 240 (73.2) | 23 | 2017 | Residential | Part of Trinity Terrace, a senior living community.[61][62] |
| 20 | The Carnegie | — | 32°45′13″N 97°20′03″W | 236 (71.9) | 16 | 2008 | Office | [63][64][65] |
| 21 | Oncor Building |  |
32°45′08″N 97°19′49″W | 234 (71.3) | 16 | 1952 | Office | Also known as the Electric Service Building and the Fort Worth National Bank Building.[66][67][68] |
| 22 | Electric Building |  |
32°45′05″N 97°19′58″W | 229 (69.8) | 15 | 1929 | Residential | Renovated and redesigned in 1996. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[69][70][71] |
| 23 | Petroleum Building |  |
32°45′10″N 97°19′54″W | 226 (69) | 14 | 1927 | Office | Renovated and redesigned in 1969. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Also known as the Executive Plaza, Rattikin Title Building, and Life of American Building.[72][73] |
| 24 | Sinclair Building |  |
32°45′14″N 97°19′52″W | 215 (65.5) | 17 | 1930 | Hotel | Renovated and redesigned in 1990. Converted into a hotel in 2019.[74] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Originally known as the Dulaney Building.[75][76][77] |
| N/A | Pioneer Tower |  |
32°44′46″N 97°21′59″W | 212 (65) | 1 | 1936 | Monument | Tallest structure in Fort Worth outside of downtown. Also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Tower. Not an inhabitable building; included for comparison purposes.[78] |
| 25 | Tarrant County Corrections Center |  |
32°45′21″N 97°20′12″W | 203 (61.9) | 15 | 1990 | Government | Tallest prison structure in the city.[79][80][81] |
Tallest under construction or proposed
Under construction
As of 2026, there are no buildings planned to be taller than 200 ft (61 m) that are under construction in Fort Worth. The most recent building constructed taller than that height is Deco 969, which was completed in 2024.
Proposed
As of 2026, there are no approved or proposed buildings planned to be taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Fort Worth.
Tallest demolished
This table lists buildings that once stood taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Fort Worth, based on standard height measurement, that have since been demolished.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year completed | Year demolished | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landmark Tower |  |
380 (115.8) | 30 | 1957 | 2006 | Office | Tallest building in Fort Worth from 1957 to 1974, prior to The Fort Worth Tower. At one point had a 40-foot-tall (12 meter) clock added to its top, which held the record for world's largest revolving clock. Damaged beyond repair by the 2000 Fort Worth tornado outbreak. At the time of destruction, it was the tallest building in Texas to be demolished and 15th tallest destroyed building in the United States. Formerly also known as the Texas Building and Continental National Bank Building. Replaced by the Cowtown Place parking garage in 2017.[82][83] |
| 2 | Medical Arts Building | — | 281 (85.7) | 19 | 1927 | 1973 | Office | Former location now occupied by Burnett Plaza.[84][85] |
| 3 | Aviation Building | — | 200 (61) | 16 | 1930 | 1978 | Office | Site now occupied by 777 Main Street. Formerly also known as the Commercial Standard Insurance Building and Transport Life Building.[86][87] |
Timeline of tallest buildings
This list shows chronologically the buildings that held the title of tallest building in Fort Worth.
| Name | Image | Street address | Years as tallest | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County Courthouse |  |
100 East Weatherford Street | 1895–1920 | 194 (59) | 5 | |
| W. T. Waggoner Building |  |
810 Houston Street | 1920–1921 | 230 (70) | 20 | |
| 714 Main |  |
714 Main Street | 1921–1957 | 307 (94) | 16 | |
| Landmark Tower | |
200 West 7th Street | 1957-1974 | 380 (116) | 30 | |
| The Fort Worth Tower | |
500 Throckmorton Street | 1974-1982 | 454 (138) | 35 | |
| Wells Fargo Tower | |
201 Main Street | 1982-1983 | 477 (145) | 33 | |
| Burnett Plaza |  |
801 Cherry Street | 1983–present | 567 (173) | 40 |