Timeline of Tallest Buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Phoenix.
| Name | Image | Street address | Years as tallest | Height* |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State Capitol | 05.01700 West Washington Street | 1900–1920 | 06.092 (28) | 4 | ||
| Heard Building | 05.0112 North Central Avenue | 1920–1924 | 04.0102 (31) | 8 | ||
| Luhrs Building | 01.013 West Jefferson Street | 1924–1927 | 05.0138 (42) | 10 | ||
| Westward Ho | 04.0618 North Central Avenue | 1927–1960 | 04.0208 (63) | 16 | ||
| Phoenix Corporate Center | 06.03003 North Central Avenue | 1960–1971 | 03.0341 (104) | 26 | ||
| Wells Fargo Plaza | 02.0100 West Washington Street | 1971–1972 | 02.0372 (113) | 27 | ||
| Chase Tower | 03.0201 North Central Avenue | 1972–present | 01.0483 (147) | 40 |
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