This list of the tallest buildings in Buffalo ranks skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

s in Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

, New York

New York

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 by height. The tallest building in Buffalo is currently the One HSBC Center

One HSBC Center

One HSBC Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Formerly known as the Marine Midland Center, its name was changed in 1999 shortly after Marine Midland's parent company HSBC rebranded the bank as HSBC Bank USA. The building was constructed at a cost of $50 million between...

, which stands 529 feet (161 m) tall.

Note: Buffalo City Tower

Buffalo City Tower

Buffalo City Tower was an approved 40-story, mixed-use, tower aiming to be the tallest in downtown Buffalo. It was to be developed by British property development company BSC Group, headed up by entrepreneur Bashar Issa. Details included: retail focused on the corner of S...

 was planned to start construction in late 2008 early 2009. It was to be the tallest building in Buffalo at a proposed 600 feet (182.1m). The project has been canceled due to the financial woes of the developer, BSC Group. The property it was supposed to built on was sold to local entrepreneur/restaurateur Mark Croce in July 2008.

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Buffalo skyscrapers that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank	Name	Image	Height feet / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year	Notes
1	One HSBC Center One HSBC Center One HSBC Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Formerly known as the Marine Midland Center, its name was changed in 1999 shortly after Marine Midland's parent company HSBC rebranded the bank as HSBC Bank USA. The building was constructed at a cost of $50 million between...		529 / 161	40	1972	Tallest building in the city. Tallest building constructed in the 1970s.
2	Buffalo City Hall Buffalo City Hall Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York State. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32 story Art Deco building was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones....		398 / 121	32	1931	Tallest building constructed in the 1930s.
3	Rand Building Rand Building The Rand Building is a skyscraper and the third tallest building in Buffalo, New York. At the time it was built in 1929, it was the tallest in the city at a height of...		391 / 119	29	1929	Tallest building constructed in the 1920s.
4	Main Place Tower Main Place Tower The Main Place Tower is located at 350 Main Street, in Buffalo, NY. The skyscraper is the fourth tallest building in the city, and home to a large number of technology and communication firms, as well as the law firm Cellino and Barnes. The tower is connected to the Main Place Mall, downtown's...		350 / 107	26	1969	Tallest building constructed in the 1960s.
5	Liberty Building		345 / 105	23	1925
6	One M & T Plaza One M & T Plaza One M&T Plaza is an office tower located in Buffalo, New York and home to M&T Bank in Erie County. The 21 floor tubular International style office was built by Minoru Yamasaki with Duane Lyman Associates and completed in 1966. Yamasaki was the architect for the World Trade Center in New York City...		317 / 97	21	1966
7	Electric Tower Electric Tower Electric Tower, or General Electric Tower, is a historic office building and skyscraper located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is the seventh tallest building in Buffalo. It stands and 13 stories tall and is in the Beaux-Arts Classical Revival style. It was designed by James A. Johnson...		294 / 90	14	1912	Also known as the Niagara Mohawk Building. Tallest building constructed in the 1910s.
8	Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral St. Paul's Cathedral (Buffalo) St. Paul's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York and a landmark of downtown Buffalo, New York. The church sits on an a triangular lot bounded by Church st., Pearl st., Erie st., and Main st.-History:Major structural events:...		275 / 84		1851	Tallest building constructed in the 1850s
9	Key Center North Tower Key Center North Tower Key Center North Tower is a high-rise located in Buffalo, NY. It is the eighth tallest building in Buffalo at 275 feet and 17 stories tall. The building has a twin tower next door, Key Center South Tower which is four stories shorter. Both buildings have distinctive pyramid tops that are trimmed...		275 / 84	17	1990	Tallest building constructed in the 1990s
10	Buffalo Central Terminal Buffalo Central Terminal The New York Central Terminal in Buffalo, New York, USA, was a key railroad station from 1929 to 1979. The 17-story Art Deco style station was designed by architects Fellheimer & Wagner for the New York Central Railroad. After years of abandonment, it is in derelict condition, but is now owned by...		271 / 83	20	1929	Also known as New York Central Terminal Complex.
11	Erie County Hall County and City Hall County and City Hall, also known as Erie County Hall, is a historic city hall and courthouse building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a monumental granite structure designed by noted Rochester architect Andrew Jackson Warner and constructed between 1871 and 1875. The building...		270 / 82		1876	Tallest building constructed in the 1870s.
12	Statler Hotel Statler Hotel The Statler Hotel company was one of the United States' early chains of hotels catering to traveling businessmen and tourists. It was founded by Ellsworth Milton Statler in Buffalo, New York.- Early ventures :...		265 / 81	19	1923	Also known as the Statler Towers.
13	10 Lafayette Square 10 Lafayette Square 10 Lafayette Square, also known as the Tishman Building, is a high-rise office tower located in Lafayette Square Buffalo, NY. Completed in 1959, it is the thirteenth tallest building in Buffalo, standing 263 feet and 20 stories tall....		263 / 80	23	1959	Tallest building constructed in the 1950s.
14	Verizon/AT&T		258 / 79	16	1913
15	Main Seneca Building Main Seneca Building The Main Seneca Building, originally known as the Marine Trust Company Building, is a renaissance revival highrise in downtown Buffalo, New York. The building served as the headquarters for Marine Midland Bank before moving across the street into Buffalo's tallest building, One HSBC Center....		250 / 76	17	1927
16	Genesee Building / Hyatt Regency Hotel		249 / 76	16	1923 / 1984
17	Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church St. Louis Roman Catholic Church Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church is located at 35 Edward Street, Buffalo, New York. The Church holds the title of "Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo". The Gothic-styled church is located on the site of the first Roman Catholic church ever built in Buffalo...		246 / 75		1889	Tallest building constructed in the 1880s
18	Old Post Office		244 / 74		1901
19	Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, is located at 938 Genesee Street, Buffalo, New York in the cities east side.-History:Construction of the church began in 1886 and was completed in 1891. The church was built in a rhenish romanesque revival style with the floor plan laid out as a Latin...		241 / 72		1891
20	The Avant The Avant The Avant is a mixed use tower located in Buffalo, New York. The building spans an entire city block between Elmwood Ave and Delaware Ave at West Huron, and features class A office space, an Embassy Suites hotel, and the top three floors feature luxury residential condominiums...		225 / 69	16	1973 / 2009	Former Dulski Federal Building
21	Key Center South Tower Key Center South Tower Key Center South Tower is a high-rise located in Buffalo, NY. It stands 225 feet and 13 stories tall. The building has a twin tower next door, Key Center North Tower which is four stories taller. Both buildings have distinctive pyramid tops that are trimmed with bright green neon lighting which...		225 / 69	13	1990
22	Edward A. Rath County Office Building		223 / 68	16	1969
23	Agway Agway Agway of Dewitt, New York is an agricultural business that offers feed for livestock and poultry, as well as seed, fertilizers, and herbicides.-History:...  and GLF East Work House		207 / 63	13
24	Concrete-Central Elevator Concrete-Central Elevator Concrete-Central Elevator is a historic grain elevator located on the Buffalo River at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was built between 1915 and 1917, and was used for grain storage until 1966. Concrete Central stretches along the Buffalo River for almost a quarter of a mile and was the...		207 / 63	7	1915
25	Federal Courthouse Federal Courthouse (Buffalo) The Federal Courthouse is a U.S. Federal courthouse located in Buffalo, New York. The building occupies a full block of Delaware Avenue at Niagara Square, directly across from the Statler Towers and adjacent to Buffalo City Hall...		200 / 61	10	2011
26	Agway/GLF West Work House		200 / 61	11	1941
27	Pillsbury Grain Elevator / Standard Elevator		194 / 59		1928
28	Marine Elevator Company Elevator A		190 / 58	11	1925
29	Main Court Building Main Court Building The Main Court Building is an office building in Buffalo, New York located on the corner of Main Street and Court Street across the Buffalo Metro Rail from Lafayette Square. It is and stands 13 floors high. The tower is located across Court Street from the Liberty Building....		188 / 57	13	1963
30	Great Northern Elevator		188 / 57		1897
31	Asbury Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Asbury-Delaware Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal Church located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It was constructed in two phases between 1871 and 1876 and is a distinct example of High Victorian Gothic ecclestastical...		184 / 56		1876
32	Westminster Presbyterian Church		184 / 56		1859
33	City Centre Condominiums		180 / 55	14	1993
34	Buffalo General Hospital		177 / 54	14	1950
35	Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator		177 / 54		1925	Also known as Buffalo Malting Elevator
36	Connecting Terminal		174 / 53		1915
37	Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator		174 / 53		1925	Also known as Pool Elevator
38	Prudential/Guaranty Building		167 / 51	13	1896
39	AM&A Building AM&A's Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Company was a chain of department stores based in Buffalo, New York. It was an institution to generations of shoppers in the Buffalo area. The company remained family owned until its sale to The Bon-Ton in 1994....		166 / 51	12	1948	Tallest building constructed in the 1940s.
40	Ellicott Square Building Ellicott Square Building The Ellicott Square Building is an office complex in Buffalo, New York, USA. It was designed by Charles Atwood of D. H. Burnham & Company, and completed in May, 1896. At the time of its completion, it was the largest office building in the world...		164 / 50	10	1896
41	First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church may refer to:-Alabama:...		164 / 50		1897
42	Olympic Towers		161 / 49	11	1903	Also known as the Young Men's Christian Association Central Building
43	Buffalo Psychiatric Center - Administration Building Buffalo Psychiatric Center - Administration Building The Administration Building of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center is the central building of the H. H. Richardson Complex in Buffalo, New York.The administration building has monumental, medieval, double, identical towers , each with four corner turrets and dramatically steep copper roofs punctuated...		160 / 49	4	1871
44	General Mills Plant		160 / 49	12
45	First Niagara Center		157 / 48		1996
46	Buffalo City Court Building Buffalo City Court Building The Buffalo City Court Building is a 10 story court house built in 1974 for the city of Buffalo, New York. It is located in Niagara Square and adjacent to Buffalo City Hall. The structure is a classic example of Brutalist architecture; its facade is dominated by large concrete panels with skinny...		154 / 47	10	1974	(estimated height)
47	St. Mary's Cement Storage Tanks		154 / 47		1910	Also known as Spencer Kellogg Elevator
48	Perot Malting Elevator		151 / 46	10	1933	Also known as American Malting Elevator, Genesee Brewing Elevator
49	Lake & Rail Grain Elevator		151 / 46	9	1927
50	Saint Adalbert's Basilica		151 / 46		1886

Tallest under construction and proposed

This lists buildings that are under construction and proposed in Buffalo and are planned to rise at least 150 feet (46 m). Buildings under construction that have already been topped out are also included.

Name	Height feet / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year*	Status	Notes
33 Gates Circle	297 / 85	23		Proposed
Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino		22	2010	On-hold

Tallest Destroyed Buildings

This lists buildings in the city of buffalo that once existed and rose at least 150 feet (46 m) but have since been destoyed.

Name	Image	Height feet / m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...	Floors	Year*	Status	Notes
Electric Tower (Pan-Am) Pan-American Exposition The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied of land on the western edge of what is present day Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Ave. to Elmwood Ave and northward to Great Arrow...		386 / 117		1901	Destroyed
D. S. Morgan Building		221 / 67.4	12	1895	Destroyed in 1965