List of tallest buildings in Tacoma, Washington

View of Downtown Tacoma from the south

This list of the tallest buildings in Tacoma, Washington ranks the tallest buildings in Tacoma, Washington by height. The tallest building in Tacoma is the 338-foot (103 m) Wells Fargo Plaza. Tacoma is the 3rd largest city in Washington and part of the Seattle metropolitan area; its buildings rank below those in Seattle and Bellevue.

Completed buildings

The following list ranks the tallest buildings in Tacoma by height. All the buildings on this list stand at least 231 feet (70 m) tall. The list includes the rank of the building, the name of the building, the height of the building in feet and meters, the amount of floors the building has, the year the building built, and notes.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Plaza		338 (103)	25	1970	Tallest building in Tacoma.
2	Hotel Murano		245 (75)	24	1984
3	Washington Building		237 (72)	17	1925	Tallest building in Tacoma from 1925 until 1984.
4	Tacoma Municipal Building		233 (71)	17	1931	Originally the Rhodes Medical Arts Building;[1] purchased by the city in 1977.[2] Now houses city hall[3] and is a registered city landmark. Art deco exterior and interior, marble lobby with three-story spiral staircase.[4]
5	Key Bank Center		232 (70)	16	1911	Tallest building in Tacoma from 1911 until 1925. Tallest building west of the Mississippi River from 1911 until 1914,[5] when it was surpassed by the Smith Tower in Seattle.

Proposed buildings

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Planned completion	Notes
Tacoma Convention Center Hotel	264 (80)	17		Would become the second tallest building in Tacoma when built Proposed since 2014 by Yareton Investment and Management[6]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Seattle
• List of tallest buildings in Bellevue, Washington

References

General

• "Tallest buildings in Tacoma". Emporis. Retrieved April 20, 2016.

Notes

1. Western Architect and Engineer, 106–107, 1931, p. 30
2. Caroline Alise Denyer Gallacci and Ronald E. Karabaich (2013), Vanishing Tacoma, Arcadia, p. 58, ISBN 9781467130288
3. William L. Lebovich and Historic American Buildings Survey (1984), America's City Halls, Preservation Press, p. 159
4. Ruth Kirk, Carmela Alexander (1995), Exploring Washington's Past: A Road Guide to History, University of Washington Press, p. 336, ISBN 9780295974439
5. Key Bank Center at Emporis
6. Martin, Kate (September 20, 2016). "What do you think? Tacoma convention center hotel developer offers first look, delays project". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. Retrieved September 20, 2016.