List of tallest buildings in Boston

thumb|Skyline of Boston's [[Financial District, Boston|Financial District|300x300px]]

thumb|300x300px|Boston's skyline at dusk from [[South Boston in 2025]]

Boston is the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England. It is home to over 580 completed high-rises, 73 of which stand taller than 300 feet (91 m) as of 2026. Boston's skyline is by far the largest in New England, and the city has the second most skyscrapers taller than 492 ft (150 m) in the Northeastern United States, after New York City. The tallest building in Boston is the 62-story 200 Clarendon, better known as the John Hancock Tower; the office skyscraper rises 790 ft (241 m) in the Back Bay district, southwest of Downtown Boston.

The history of skyscrapers in Boston began early with the completion of the 13-story Ames Building in 1893. The Greek Revival style Custom House Tower, which was Boston's tallest building from 1915 to 1964, was among the first skyscrapers outside of New York City. Boston went through a major building boom from the 1960s to the early 1990s, resulting in the construction of over 30 buildings taller than 300 ft (91 m), including the John Hancock Tower and the city's second-tallest building, the Prudential Tower. At the time of the Prudential Tower's completion in 1964, it stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City.

After a hiatus in the 1990s, high-rise development resumed in the 2000s, with a higher share residential or mixed-use buildings. Since 2016, several major projects have significantly altered the city's skyline, including four skyscrapers taller than 600 ft (183 m): Millennium Tower in 2016, One Dalton in 2020, and both Winthrop Center and One Congress in 2023. A fifth, South Station Tower, is under construction atop Boston's historic South Station, and was completed in 2025. Around the same period, the West End neighborhood has seen an influx in high-rises, such as The Hub on Causeway. The regeneration of the Seaport District since the 2000s has added many new high-rises to the former industrial area, although none of them surpass 300 ft in height.

Although Boston's skyscrapers are concentrated in the Financial District in downtown, its three tallest buildings—John Hancock Tower, Prudential Tower, and One Dalton—are located in Back Bay. Boston's skyline is shaped by the roughly 2.5 mile unofficial High Spine urban corridor, bypassing surrounding low-rise residential areas like Beacon Hill and the North End. In addition to the Seaport District southeast of downtown, the skyline has stretched westwards towards Fenway–Kenmore beginning in the 2010s. In the wider metropolitan area, there is an ongoing high-rise boom in neighboring Cambridge, as well as in Somerville to a lesser extent. Regulations on building shadows and the proximity of Logan International Airport to downtown have limited the height of skyscrapers in downtown Boston to below 800 ft (244 m). Boston's tallest public viewing deck is View Boston, located on the upper floors of the Prudential Tower, and provides 360 degree views of the city.

History

Cityscape

center|thumb|1000x1000px|A panorama of the Boston skyline as viewed from [[Prospect Hill, Waltham, Massachusetts|Prospect Hill in 2025, with the Financial District on the left and Back Bay to the right]]

Map of tallest buildings

The map below shows the location of buildings taller than 300 feet (91.4 m) in Boston. Each marker is colored by the decade of the building's completion.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks completed buildings in Boston that stand at least 300 feet (91 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and other architectural details, but not including antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year when a building was completed. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion, and then alphabetically.  <!-- Note to editors: a list of buildings that are taller than 300 feet (91 m) according to SkyscraperPage, but are shorter according to the CTBUH, and are hence not included:

- Landmark Building at Federal

- Tremont on the Common

- 50 Milk Street

- Archstone Boston Common

- 30 Dalton

Additionally, these buildings have no CTBUH entry and their SkyscraperPage entry has no height given:

- Levinson Tower -->

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! scope="col" |Rank

! scope="col" |Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image

! scope="col" |Location

! scope="col" |Height ft (m)

! scope="col" |Floors

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Purpose

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

|- style="background:#ddffdd;"

| John Hancock Tower

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a 60-story skyscraper; the clouds in the sky are reflected off the building's tinted, all-glass facade. On the ground to the left of the building is a Romanesque church, surrounded by a grassy public square. Two shorter skyscrapers are visible in the distance.

| 01.0

|62

|1976

|Office

|Tallest building in Boston, Massachusetts, and New England since 1976. Commonly known as John Hancock Tower, its original name (for John Hancock Financial), but now legally 200 Clarendon Street or Hancock Place. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 1970s

|- style="background:#ddffdd;"

| Prudential Tower

| alt=|167x167px

|52

|1964

|Office

|View Boston, the highest observation deck in New England, is located on the building's 50th, 51st, and 52nd floors. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 1960s. Was the tallest building in Boston before being surpassed by the John Hancock Tower in 1976.

| One Dalton

| 125px

|61

|2020

|Mixed-use

|Tallest residential building in Boston and New England. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 2020s. Mixed-use residential and hotel building.

| Winthrop Center

|167x167px

|53

|2023

|Mixed-use

|Tallest building in Boston outside of Back Bay. Second tallest building in Boston completed in the 2020s. Mixed-use residential and office building.

| Millennium Tower

|125px

|54

|2016

|Residential

|Tallest building in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 2010s.

| South Station Tower

|125px

|51

|2025

|Mixed-use

|Mixed-use residential and office building. Located above South Station. Topped out in November 2023.

| Federal Reserve Bank Building

| 125px|alt=Aerial view of a tall, narrow, concrete skyscraper; the building's design somewhat resembles that of a washboard, with uninterrupted horizontal rows of windows protruding slightly outward from two of the building's four sides

|32

|1978

|Office

|Headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Formerly the tallest building in Boston's Financial District until 2016 with the completion of the Millennium Tower.

|One Congress

|125px

|39

|2023

|Office

|Topped off on July 15, 2021.

| One Boston Place

| frameless|167x167px

|41

|1970

|Office

|Tallest building in the Government Center neighborhood of Boston

|10

| One International Place

| 125px|alt=Aerial view of two skyscrapers; both have circular footprints and light red facades. The shorter of the two buildings, in the foreground, is topped by a pyramid-like cap, while the taller building has a flat roof.

|46

|1987

|Office

|Tallest building in Boston constructed in the 1980s.

|11

| 100 Federal Street

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of the First National Bank Building

|37

|1971

|Office

|Also known as First National Bank Building. Popularly known as “The Pregnant Building.”

|12

| One Financial Center

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a 45-story building with a trapezoidal footprint, a white facade and black windows

|46

|1984

|Office

|13

| 111 Huntington Avenue

| 125px|alt=Angled aerial view of an all-glass building capped with a white, open-air dome

|36

|2002

|Office

|Second-tallest building in the Prudential Center complex. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 2000s.

|14

| Two International Place

| 125px|alt=Aerial view of a round building with a light-red facade, topped with a pyramid-like cap; in the foreground is a shorter building with an all-glass facade

| 10.0

|35

|1993

|Office

|Tallest building in Boston completed in the 1990s

|15

| One Post Office Square

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a 40-story skyscraper with a tan facade; minor setbacks are visible around the tower's 30th floor

| 11.0

|40

|1981

|Office

|16

| One Federal Street

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a 38-story rectangular skyscraper with a tan facade and dark bluish windows

|38

|1976

|Office

|Originally known as the Shawmut Bank Building.

| 17

| The Sudbury

| 125px

| 45

| 2020

|Residential

| Also known as the Bulfinch Crossing Residential Tower.

| 19

| 60 State Street

| 125px|alt=Aerial view of a 40-story skyscraper with a tan facade and dark windows; a major setback is visible near the building's roofline, at roughly the 35th floor

| 38

| 1977

|Office

|20

|Hub on Causeway Office Tower

|125px

|30

|2021

|Office

|Tallest building in the West End

| 21

| One Beacon Street

| One_Beacon_St_Boston|125px

| 36

| 1972

|Office

| 22

| One Lincoln Street

| 125px|alt=Fround-level view of an ornate building with alternating concrete and blue-tinted glass facades. Near the building's roofline, a sign with the words "STATE STREET" is visible. Capping the building is a crown-like structure composed of blue glass and white spires.

| 36

| 2003

|Office

| 23

| 28 State Street

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a 40-story building with a white, concrete facade and dark windows; near the building's roofline, a prominent setback is visible

| 40

| 1970

|Office

|- style="background:#ddffdd;"

| 24

| Custom House Tower

| 125px|alt=Angled, ground-level view of white limestone tower. Near the building's pyramidal-cap, a large, 4-faced clock is visible

| 32

|1915

|Hotel

|Tallest all-hotel building in Boston. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 1910s. Was the tallest building in Boston before being surpassed by the Prudential Tower.

| 25=

| Berkeley Building

| frameless|188x188px

| 26

| 1949

|Office

|Also known as the Old John Hancock Building. Tallest building in Boston completed in the 1940s.

| 25=

|Hub on Causeway Residential Tower

|125px

|45

|2019

|Mixed-use

|Second-tallest building in the West End. Mixed-use residential and hotel building.

| 27

| 33 Arch Street

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a modern, 33-story skyscraper with a curved front and glass facade reflecting the blue of the sky

| 33

| 2004

|Office

|28

|The Alcott

|125px

|44

|2021

|Residential

|Third-tallest building in the West End. Also known as 35 Lomasney Way or the Garden Garage Redevelopment Project.

| 29

| State Street Bank Building

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a rectangular building with a dark gray facade and clear windows

| 33

|1966

|Office

|Also known as 225 Franklin Street.

| 30

| Millennium Place Tower 1

| 125px|Ground-level view of a modern, 40-story skyscraper with a gray-tinted, all-glass facade

| 38

| 2001

|Mixed-use

Mixed-use residential and hotel building. Also known as Ritz-Carlton Towers Boston Common - Tower II.

|31

|Russia Wharf

|125px|Atlantic Wharf, 503 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

|31

|2011

|Mixed-use

|Also known as Atlantic Wharf. Mixed-use office and residential building.

| 32

| 125 High Street

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a complex of skyscrapers; the tallest building is on the left, with a light tan facade and a green-gray trapezoidal cap.

| 30

| 1990

|Office

| Also known as High Street Tower.

| 33

| 100 Summer Street

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a building with an all-glass, black-tinted facade; three setbacks are visible.

| 32

| 1974

|Office

| 34

| Millennium Place Tower 2

| 125px|Ground-level view of a modern skyscraper with a gray-tinted, all-glass facade

| 36

| 2001

|Mixed-use

| Mixed-use residential and hotel building. Also known as Ritz-Carlton Towers Boston Common - Tower II.

|35

|Avalon North Station

|125px

|38

|2016

|Residential

|Also known as Nashua Street Residences. Fourth-tallest building in the West End neighborhood

| 36

| Keystone Building

| 125px|alt=Ground-level view of a building with rounded corners, a grooved, white facade and dark black windows

| 32

| 1971

|Office

| 37

| Harbor Towers I

| 125px|alt=Distant view of two waterfront skyscrapers; both have Brutalist-style architecture, with concrete facades. Though very similar in appearance, the building on the right is taller and thinner. Several anchored sailboats are visible in the foreground.

| 40

| 1971

|Residential

|38=

|Harbor Towers II

|125px|alt=Distant view of two waterfront skyscrapers; both have Brutalist-style architecture, with concrete facades. Though very similar in appearance, the building on the right is taller and thinner. Several anchored sailboats are visible in the foreground.

|40

|1971

|Residential

|38=

|One Devonshire Place

|frameless|167x167px

|42

|1983

|Mixed-use

|Mixed-use residential and office building.

|40

|Westin Hotel at Copley Place

|frameless|167x167px

|36

|1983

|Hotel

|41

|100 High Street

|frameless|125x125px

|28

|1988

|Hotel

|42

|Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences

|frameless|167x167px

|33

|2022

|Mixed-use

|Also known by its address, 40 Trinity Place. Mixed-use hotel and residential building.

|43

|75 State Street

|frameless|193x193px

|31

|1988

|Office

|44

|John F. Kennedy Federal Building

|frameless|188x188px

|26

|1967

|Government

|45

|Boston Marriott Copley Place

|frameless|167x167px

|39

|1984

|Hotel

|46

|101 Federal Street

|frameless|167x167px

|31

|1988

|Hotel

|47

|Pierce Boston

|frameless|167x167px

|30

|2018

|Residential

|48=

|177 Huntington

|frameless|167x167px

|28

|1973

|Office

|Also known as the Christian Science Administration Building.

|48=

|45 Province Street

|–

|31

|2009

|Residential

|50

|500 Boylston Street

|frameless|222x222px

|23

|1985

|Office

|51

|50 Post Office Square

|frameless|219x219px

|20

|1947

|Office

|Also known as the Verizon Building, New England Telephone & Telegraph Building, and Telephone Building.

|52

|Center for Life Science

|–

|18

|2008

|Laboratory

|53

|John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse

|frameless|169x169px

|22

|1931

|Government

|54

|AVA Theatre District Tower

|–

|29

|2015

|Residential

|55

|101 Huntington Avenue

|frameless|167x167px

|25

|1973

|Office

|56

|The Clarendon

|–

|32

|2009

|Residential

|57

|Liberty Mutual Tower

|frameless|167x167px

|23

|2013

|Office

|58

|Student Village Residence Halls II

|frameless|125x125px

|26

|2009

|Residential

|Student residences. Part of the John Hancock Student Village.

|59

|Suffolk County Couthouse

|frameless|218x218px

|19

|1939

|Government

|60

|888 Boylston Street

|–

|18

|2017

|Office

|61

|1001 Boylston Street

|–

|20

|2024

|Office

|Also known as Parcel 12 Office Building.

|62

|260 Franklin Street

|–

|23

|1985

|Office

|63

|McCormack Building

|frameless|167x167px

|22

|1975

|Office

|64

|Avalon Exeter

|–

|28

|2014

|Residential

|65

|100 Cambridge Street

|–

|26

|1965

|Mixed-use

|Currently a mixed-use office and residential building. Formerly known as the Leverett Saltonstall Building.

|66

|Sheraton Boston Hotel South Tower

|–

|29

|1965

|Hotel

|67

|The Kensington

|–

|27

|2013

|Residential

|68

|222 Berkeley Street

|–

|22

|1991

|Office

|69

|Ellison Building

|–

|24

|1992

|Health

|Part of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Tallest hospital building in Boston.

|70

|W Boston Hotel and Residences

|frameless|167x167px

|27

|2009

|Mixed-use

|71

|Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences

|frameless|222x222px

|18

|2022

|Education

|Part of Boston University. Tallest educational building in Boston.

|72

|Radian Apartments

|–

|26

|2014

|Residential

|73

|Oliver Street Tower

|–

|21

|1991

|Office

|Downtown Crossing

|Millennium Tower

|60

|2016

|Financial District

|Federal Reserve Bank Building

|32

|1976

|Chinatown

|One Lincoln Street

|36

|2003

|Government Center

|28 State Street

|40

|1970

|Theatre District

|The Ritz-Carlton Boston Common

|38

|2001

|West End

|The Hub on Causeway

|45

|2021

|Waterfront

|Harbor Towers I

|40

|1971

|Fenway–Kenmore

|Pierce Boston

|30

|2018

Greater Boston

There are two buildings in Greater Boston taller than 300 ft (91 m) that are located outside of Boston itself.

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! scope="col" |Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image

! scope="col" |Location

! scope="col" |Height ft (m)

! scope="col" |Floors

! scope="col" |Year

! scope="col" |Purpose

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

|Encore Boston Harbor

|167x167px

|Everett

|26

|2019

|Hotel

|Tallest building in Everett. Tallest building in Greater Boston outside of Boston. Hotel and casino building.

|Graduate Tower at Site 4

|frameless|189x189px

|Cambridge

|29

|2021

|Mixed-use

|Tallest building in Cambridge. Also known as Site 4 at Kendall Square, 290 Main Street, or MIT Site 4. Mixed-use residential, educational, and office building.

Tallest under construction or proposed

Under construction

The following table includes buildings under construction in Boston that are expected to be at least 300 ft (91 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement.

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! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" style="width:75px;" |Height

ft (m)

! scope="col" | Floors

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

| The Lyra

| 34

| 2026

| Located on 252-268 Huntington Avenue.

|CSP - 4B Tower

|12

|2027

Timeline of tallest buildings

For most of Boston's earlier years, the tallest buildings in the city were churches with their steeples. The first skyscraper in the city is generally considered the Ames Building, completed in 1893. However, since the 13-story building did not surpass the steeple of the Church of the Covenant, it never became a city record holder. The first skyscraper to have the distinction of being Boston's tallest building was the Custom House Tower, completed in 1915.

| Old North Church

| 157x157px|alt=Black-and-white etching of a colonial-era church, viewed from a distance; the church is topped with a very tall steeple

| style="text-align:center;"| 193 Salem Street

| style="text-align:center;"| 1745–1810

| style="text-align:center;"| 08.0

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"|

| Park Street Church

| 125px|alt=Ground level view of a brick church with a prominent white steeple; a grassy park is visible in the foreground, and a rectangular skyscraper with a tan facade and black windows is in the distance

| style="text-align:center;"| 1 Park Street

| style="text-align:center;"| 1810–1867

| style="text-align:center;"| 07.0

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"|

| Church of the Covenant

| 125px|Ground-level view of a Gothic-style cathedral with a prominent, ornate steeple on one end

| style="text-align:center;"| 67 Newbury Street

| style="text-align:center;"| 1867–1915

| style="text-align:center;"| 06.0

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

| style="text-align:center;"|