Tallest Buildings
This lists ranks Washington skyscrapers that stand at least 150 feet (46 m), based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding observation towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.
| Rank | Name | Height |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01.0 | Washington Monument | 555 (169) | 3 | 1884 | Has been the tallest structure in the District of Columbia since 1884. Stood as the tallest structure in the world from 1884 until 1889, and as the tallest monument in the U.S. until the completion of the San Jacinto Monument in 1939; now stands as the country's third-tallest monument. |
| 02.01 | Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | 329 (100) | 1959 | Has been the tallest building in Washington, D.C. since 1959. Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1950s. | |
| 03.02 | Old Post Office Pavilion | 315 (96) | 12 | 1899 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1890s. |
| 04.03 | Washington National Cathedral | 301 (92) | 7 | 1990 | Second-largest church in the United States, after the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Tallest building completed in the city in the 1990s. |
| 05.04 | United States Capitol | 289 (88) | 3 | 1863 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1860s. |
| 06.05 | One Franklin Square | 210 (64) | 12 | 1989 | Tallest commercial building in Washington, D.C. Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1980s. |
| 07.06= | 700 Eleventh Street | 200 (61) | 13 | 1992 | |
| 08.06= | Healy Hall | 200 (61) | 4½ | 1879 | |
| 08.08 | Onyx on First | 197 (60) | 14 | 2008 | |
| 09.09= | Renaissance Washington DC Hotel | 187 (57) | 15 | 1986 | |
| 10.09= | 1090 Vermont Avenue | 187 (57) | 12 | 1979 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s. |
| 11.011 | 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue | 180 (55) | 14 | 1968 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1960s. |
| 12.012= | The Tower Building | 177 (54) | 14 | 1929 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1920s. |
| 13.012= | Avalon at Foxhall | 177 (54) | 14 | 1982 | Tallest residential building in the city. |
| 14.014= | 1900 K Street | 171 (52) | 13 | 1996 | |
| 15.014= | Capitol View | 171 (52) | 13 | 2007 | |
| 16.016 | National Archives Building | 167 (51) | 8 | 1935 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1930s. |
| 17.017= | The Pennsylvania North | 164 (50) | 14 | 1990 | |
| 18.017= | Cairo Apartment Building | 164 (50) | 14 | 1894 | |
| 19.019= | Capitol Place III | 164 (50) | 12 | 1985 | |
| 20.019= | 1101 New York Avenue | 164 (50) | 12 | 2007 | |
| 21.021= | 1625 Eye Street | 161 (49) | 12 | 2003 | |
| 22.021= | World Bank Headquarters | 161 (49) | 13 | 1997 | |
| 23.023= | 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue | 161 (49) | 14 | 1987 | |
| 24.023= | 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue | 161 (49) | 13 | 1981 | |
| 25.023= | 600 Thirteenth Street | 161 (49) | 12 | 1997 | |
| 26.026= | The Watergate Hotel and Office Building | 157 (48) | 14 | 1967 | |
| 27.026= | Republic Building | 157 (48) | 13 | 1991 | |
| 28.026= | Army and Navy Club Building | 157 (48) | 12 | 1987 | |
| 30.026= | 1620 L Street | 157 (48) | 12 | 1989 | |
| 31.026= | 1333 H Street | 157 (48) | 12 | 1982 | |
| 32.026= | 1111 19th Street | 157 (48) | 12 | 1979 | |
| 33.026= | 1010 Mass | 157 (48) | 15 | 2007 | |
| 34.033= | 1099 14th Street (Franklin Court) | 155.6 (47.4) | 11 | 1992 | Tallest tower in the city when built in 1992. |
| 34.034= | The Investment Building | 154 (47) | 13 | 2001 | |
| 35.034= | Capital Hilton | 154 (47) | 13 | 1943 | Tallest building constructed in the city in the 1940s. |
| 36.034= | 1875 K Street | 154 (47) | 12 | 2001 | |
| 37.034= | 1430 K Street | 154 (47) | 12 | 2006 | |
| 38.034= | 1310 G Street | 154 (47) | 12 | 1992 | |
| 39.034= | Wyndham Washington DC | 154 (47) | 14 | 1982 | |
| 40.034= | Executive Tower | 154 (47) | 12 | 2001 | |
| 41.034= | The Westin Washington DC City Center | 154 (47) | 14 | 1982 | |
| 42.034= | 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue | 154 (47) | 13 | 1962 | |
| 43.043= | Washington Gas Building | 151 (46) | 15 | 1941 | |
| 44.043= | The Watergate South | 151 (46) | 14 | 1970 | |
| 45.043= | World Bank Headquarters I | 151 (46) | 12 | 2001 | |
| 46.043= | World Bank Headquarters H | 151 (46) | 12 | 1983 | |
| 47.043= | William T. Golden Center for Science and Engineering | 151 (46) | 12 | 1996 | |
| 49.043= | Connecticut Connection | 151 (46) | 12 | 1978 | |
| 50.043= | 455 Massachusetts Avenue | 151 (46) | 12 | 2007 |
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