Timeline of Tallest Buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Washington, D.C. This list excludes the 555-foot (169 m) Washington Monument, which has stood as the tallest non-building structure in the city since 1884.
| Name | Street address | Years as tallest | Height |
Floors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States Capitol | Pennsylvania Avenue, Capitol Hill | 1863–1899 | 289 (88) | 3 | |
| Old Post Office | 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW | 1899–1959 | 315 (96) | 18 | |
| Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | 400 Michigan Avenue NE | 1959–present | 329 (100) | 32 |
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