Timeline of Tallest Buildings
Masonic TempleThis is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Chicago. Of all the buildings that have held the title, only the Willis Tower has also held the title of world's tallest building.
Name | Years as tallest | Height |
Floors | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
First Holy Name Cathedral | 1854–1869 | 0245 !245 (75) | 1 | |
Saint Michael's Church | 1869–1885 | 0290 !290 (88) | 1 | |
Chicago Board of Trade Building | 1885–1895 | 0322 !322 (98) | 10 | |
Masonic Temple Building | 1895–1899 | 0302 !302 (92) | 21 | |
Montgomery Ward Building | 1899–1922 | 0394 !394 (120) | 22 | |
Wrigley Building | 1922–1924 | 0438 !438 (134) | 30 | |
Chicago Temple Building | 1924–1930 | 0568 !568 (173) | 23 | |
Chicago Board of Trade Building | 1930–1965 | 0605 !605 (184) | 44 | |
Richard J. Daley Center | 1965–1969 | 0648 !648 (198) | 32 | |
John Hancock Center | 1969–1973 | 1127 !1,127 (344) | 100 | |
Aon Center | 1973–1974 | 1136 !1,136 (346) | 83 | |
Willis Tower | 1974–present | 1451 !1,451 (442) | 108 |
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