Tallest Destroyed
This table lists the 10 tallest buildings in the United States that have been demolished, destroyed, or are undergoing demolition.
Was the world's tallest building upon completion| Name | Image | City | Height |
Floors | Year completed |
Year demolished |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One World Trade Center | New York City | 01.01,368 (417) | 110 | 1972 | 2001 | Destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks; tallest building in the world from 1972 until 1974. | |
| Two World Trade Center | New York City | 02.01,362 (415) | 110 | 1973 | 2001 | Destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. | |
| Singer Building | New York City | 03.0612 (187) | 47 | 1908 | 1968 | Demolished to make room for One Liberty Plaza; tallest building ever to be demolished by a company; tallest building in the world from 1908 until 1909 | |
| 7 World Trade Center | New York City | 04.0610 (186) | 47 | 1987 | 2001 | Destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks | |
| Deutsche Bank Building | New York City | 05.0565 (172) | 40 | 1974 | 2011 | Dismantled because of damage from the September 11, 2001 attacks | |
| Morrison Hotel | — | Chicago | 06.0526 (160) | 45 | 1926 | 1965 | Demolished to make room for the Chase Tower |
| One Meridian Plaza | Philadelphia | 07.0492 (150) | 38 | 1972 | 1999 | Dismantled because of damage from a 1991 fire | |
| City Investing Building | New York City | 08.0487 (148) | 33 | 1908 | 1968 | Demolished with the Singer Building to make room for One Liberty Plaza | |
| J.L. Hudson Company Department Store | Detroit | 09.0410 (125) | 29 | 1911 | 1998 | Tallest building ever imploded; tallest department store in the world at the time of its completion | |
| First National Bank Building | Pittsburgh | 09.0387 (118) | 26 | 1912 | 1970 | ||
| Landmark Tower | — | Fort Worth | 09.0380 (116) | 29 | 1957 | 2006 | Second tallest building to ever be imploded at the time of its destruction |
| Farmers Bank Building | Pittsburgh | 09.0344 (105) | 26 | 1902 | 1997 |
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