Timeline of Tallest Buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in New Orleans as well as the current titleholder, One Shell Square.
| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Western St. Christopher Hotel | 114 Magazine Street | 1893–1895 | 117 (36) | 8 | |
| Hennen Building | 203 Carondelet Street | 1895–1904 | 158 (48) | 11 | |
| Hampton Inn New Orleans Downtown | 226 Carondelet Street | 1904–1907 | 190 (58) | 13 | |
| Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans !The Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans | 123 Baronne Street | 1907–1921 | 211 (64) | 15 | |
| Hibernia Bank Building | 812 Gravier Street | 1921–1965 | 355 (108) | 20 | |
| 225 Baronne Street | 225 Baronne Street | 1965–1967 | 362 (110) | 29 | |
| World Trade Center New Orleans | 2 Canal Street | 1967–1969 | 407 (124) | 33 | |
| Plaza Tower | 1001 Howard Avenue | 1969–1972 | 531 (162) | 45 | |
| One Shell Square | 701 Poydras Street | 1972–present | 697 (212) | 51 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Tallest Buildings In New Orleans
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