This list of early skyscrapers details a range of tall, commercial buildings built between 1880 and the 1930s, predominantly in the United States cities of New York and Chicago, but also across the rest of the U.S. and in many other parts of the world.
The first skyscrapers (1880–1899)
United States
California
Central Tower
Old Chronicle Building
Georgia
Equitable Building
Flatiron Building
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Illinois
Fisher Building
Home Insurance Building
Manhattan Building
Marquette Building
Marshall Field and Company Building
Masonic Temple
Monadnock Building
New York Life Insurance Building
Old Colony Building
Rand McNally Building
Reliance Building
Rookery Building
Tacoma Building
Iowa
Observatory Building
Massachusetts
27 State St. 62 Boylston Street Ames Building Fiske Building Winthrop Building
Michigan
United Way Community Services Building
Hammond Building
Majestic Building
Union Trust Building
Minnesota
Metropolitan Building
Pioneer Building
Missouri
Wainwright Building
New York
New York City
American Tract Society Building
American Surety Building
Bayard–Condict Building
Bowling Green Offices Building
Empire Building
Gillender Building
Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Gerard
Manhattan Life Insurance Building
New York Times Building
New York Tribune Building
New York World Building
Osborne Apartments
Park Row Building
St. Paul Building
Temple Court Building
The Ansonia
Rochester
Wilder Building
Buffalo
Dun Building, Buffalo
Ellicott Square Building
Guaranty Building
Albany
100 State Street, Albany
Pennsylvania
Land Title Building
North American Building
Utah
Boston Building, Salt Lake City
First Security Building, Salt Lake City
Joseph Smith Memorial Building
Judge Building
Kearns Building
Newhouse Building (Salt Lake City)
Wisconsin
Milwaukee City Hall
Pabst Building
Washington D.C. Sun Building The Cairo
Rest of the world
Asia
Japan
Ryounkaku
Bangladesh
Navana Tower
Australia
Melbourne
APA Building
Sydney
Culwulla Chambers
Europe
Netherlands
Witte Huis
United Kingdom
Queen Anne's Mansions
The "First Great Age" (1900–19)
United States
Alabama
City Federal Building
Empire Building
California
Bank of America Building
Hobart Building
Merchants Exchange Building
Oakland City Hall
Colorado
Daniels & Fisher Tower
Connecticut
Travelers Tower
Florida
121 Atlantic Place
American National Bank Building (Pensacola, Florida) Dyal–Upchurch Building Heard National Bank Building, Jacksonville Florida Life Building
Georgia
Candler Building (Atlanta) J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building
Illinois
Brooks Building
Chicago Building
Continental Illinois
Hotel Aurora (Aurora, Illinois) Peoples Gas Building Renaissance Blackstone Hotel Roanoke Building Santa Fe Building
Iowa
Fleming Building
Liberty Building
Indiana
110 East Washington Street
Barnes and Thornburg Building
Fletcher Trust Building
One North Pennsylvania
Maryland
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building
Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower
One Calvert Plaza
Massachusetts
1200 Main Street Springfield
Custom House Tower
Hotel Kimball Springfield
Michigan
AT&T Michigan Headquarters
Book Tower
Chrysler House
David Whitney Building
Ford Building
Kales Building
Marquette Building
Michigan Central Station
Penobscot Building Annex
Vinton Building
Minnesota
Commerce Building (Saint Paul, Minnesota) First National Bank Building Annex, Saint Paul Great Northern Building, Saint Paul The Lowry Medical Arts Building, Saint Paul The Saint Paul Hotel, Saint Paul
Missouri
Commerce Trust Building
Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis)