List of tallest buildings in Toledo, Ohio

This list of tallest buildings in Toledo, Ohio ranks by height the high-rise buildings in the U.S. city of Toledo, Ohio. Toledo contains 21 high rise buildings of at least 50 meters (164 ft.) in height, with a further 10 buildings between 35 meters (115 ft.) and 50 meters in height.

The tallest structure in Toledo, Ohio is the Cleveland-Cliffs HBI Furnace Tower, which is an industrial vertical shaft furnace reaching a height of 139 meters (457 ft.)[1] and is not designed for continuous residential or commercial occupancy. The 2nd tallest structure, and tallest occupied commercial building, is the 32-story, 125 meter (411 ft.) Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate on the downtown riverfront.[2] The third tallest structure, and tallest residential building,[3] is the Tower on the Maumee at 122 meters (400 ft.).

Downtown Toledo's skyline from across the Maumee River

Tallest buildings

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These are Toledo's buildings with an architectural height of more than 35 meters (115 feet):

Rank Name Image Height
feet / meters
Floors
(Stories)
Year
Completed
Notes
1 Cleveland-Cliffs HBI Furnace Tower   457 ft (139 m)[4] N/A 2020 Main Address: 300 Millard Avenue

Industrial Structure, not designed for continuous occupancy.

2 Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate   411 ft (125 m)[5] 32 1982 Main Address: 1 SeaGate
Commonly known as One SeaGate
Formerly: Owens-Illinois Building (1982-2006)
3 Tower on the Maumee   400 ft (120 m)[6] 30 1969 Main Address: 200 North Saint Clair Street
Formerly: Fiberglas Tower (1969-1996)
4 PNC Bank Building   368 ft (112 m)[7] 27 1930 Main Address: 405 Madison Avenue
Formerly: National City Bank Building (1992-2010)
Formerly: Ohio Citizens Bank Building (1982-1992)
Formerly: Owens-Illinois Building (1935-1981)
Formerly: Ohio Bank Building (1930-1931)
5 Michael DiSalle Government Center   328 ft (100 m)[8] 22 1982 Main Address: 1 Government Center
Commonly known as One Government Center
6 Riverfront Apartments   289 ft (88 m)[9] 21 1913 Main Address: 245 North Summit Street
formerly: Toledo Trust Building (1931-1982)
formerly: Second National Bank Building (1913-1930)
7 ProMedica Senior Care Building   252 ft (77 m)[10] 16[11][12] 1989 Main Address: 333 North Summit Street
formerly:KeyBank Tower (1990-1999)
formerly:Summit Center (1989-1990)
8 The Nicholas Building   250 ft (76 m)[13] 17 1906 Main Address: 608 Madison Avenue
formerly: Fifth Third Center
formerly: National Bank Building
9 Edison Plaza   230 ft (70 m) 16 1972 Main Address: 300 Madison Avenue[citation needed]
10 Generations Tower, The Toledo Hospital   227 ft (69 m)[14] 13 2019 Main Address: 2142 N Cove Blvd
11 Commodore Perry Apartments   226 ft (69 m)[15] 19 1927 Main Address: 505 Jefferson Avenue
12 Hylant Group Building   210 ft (64 m)[16] 15 1960 Main Address: 811 Madison Avenue
formerly: Pilkington Building
formerly: Libbey Owens Ford (LOF) Building
13 University Hall, University of Toledo   205 ft (62 m)[17] 4 1930 Main Address: 2801 West Bancroft Street
14 LaSalle Apartments   200 ft (61 m) 12 1927
&1917
Main Address: 513 Adams Street
Expansion in 1927 added 3 floors.
Formerly: Lasalle, Koch and Company Department Store[citation needed]
15 Parks Tower, University of Toledo   198 ft (60 m)[18] 16 1971 Main Address: 3025 South Glass Bowl Dr.
16 Hilton Garden Inn Toledo   195 ft (59 m)[19] 17 1985 Main Address: 101 North Summit Street
formerly: Radisson Hotel Toledo
formerly: Park Inn Toledo
17 Renaissance Tower, The Toledo Hospital   186 ft (57 m) 10 2008 Main Address: 2142 N. Cove Blvd[citation needed]
18 Four SeaGate   184 ft (56 m) 10 1984 Main Address: 433 N Summit St[citation needed]
19 AT&T   180 ft (55 m) 10 1925 Main Address: 121 N Huron St
formerly: OHIO BELL TELEPHONE CO[citation needed]
20 Ohio Building   178 ft (54 m) 12 1906 Main Address: 420 Madison Avenue[citation needed]
21 Lucas County Children Services   163 ft (50 m) 11 1976 Main Address: 705 Adams Street[citation needed]
22 Renaissance Toledo Downtown Hotel   161 ft (49 m) 13 1985 Main Address: 444 N. Summit St.

formerly: 2 SeaGate, Grand Plaza, Wyndham Toledo, Crowne Plaza, Marriott, Sofitel[citation needed]

23 Huntington National Bank   149 ft (45 m) 10 1924 Main Address: 519 Madison Avenue
Formerly: United Savings Building, Home Building and Savings Co.[citation needed]
24 3130 Executive Pkwy   147 ft (45 m) 10 1974 Main Address: 3130 Executive Pkwy
Commonly known as Citizens National Bank building
Formerly: Charter One Bank building[citation needed]
25 Executive Towers   142 ft (43 m) 13 1957 Main Address: 1920 Collingwood Boulevard[citation needed]
26 Secor Building   141 ft (43 m) 10 1908 Main Address: 425 Jefferson Ave
Formerly: Hotel Secor[citation needed]
27 Spitzer Building   139 ft (42 m) 10 1896 Main Address: 520 Madison Avenue[citation needed]
28 Nasby Building   135 ft (41 m) 8 1895 Main Address: 605 Madison Avenue
Also known as the Madison Building, the cupola was removed in 1930s reducing the architectural height from 187 feet to 135 feet.[citation needed]
29 Standart Lofts   122 ft (37 m) 7 1900 Main Address: 34 S Erie Street[citation needed]
30 Pythian Castle   122 ft (37 m) 6 1890 Main Address: 801 Jefferson Avenue[citation needed]
31 The Commerce Paper Company   115 ft (35 m) 8 1912 Main Address: 15-23 S Ontario Street[citation needed]

Tallest destroyed or demolished

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This table lists buildings in Toledo that were destroyed or demolished and at one time stood at least 115 feet (35 m) in height.

Name Image Height
ft (m)
Floors Completed
in
Destroyed
in
Notes
Hotel SeaGate   187 ft (57 m)[20] 19 1975 2021 Deconstructed to make room for a pocket park. [21]
Clarion Hotel Toledo   140 ft (43 m)[22] 11 1974 2014[23] Land now occupied by the IUOE Local 18 and a credit union.[24]

Timeline of tallest buildings

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The Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate stood as the tallest building in Toledo from 1982 to 2020.

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest in Toledo.

Name Street address Years as tallest Height
ft / m
Floors
Salem Lutheran Church 02.01127 N Huron Street 1870–1877 N/A
First Congregational Church 02.0St. Clair Street 1877–1891 170 / 52 (est) N/A
Nasby Building 02.0Madison Av & Huron St 1891–1906 187 / 57 8
The Nicholas Building 02.0608 Madison Avenue 1906–1913 250 / 76 17
Riverfront Apartments 01.0245 N Summit Street 1913–1930 289 / 88 23
PNC Bank Building 04.0405 Madison Avenue 1930–1969 368 / 112 27
Tower on the Maumee 04.0200 N St. Clair Street 1969–1982 400 / 122 30
Fifth Third Center at One SeaGate 03.01 Seagate 1982–2020 411 / 125 32
Cleveland-Cliffs HBI Furnace Tower 03.0330 Millard Avenue 2020–present 457 / 139 N/A

See also

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References

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