List of tallest buildings in New Haven

New Haven is a coastal city located in Connecticut. It has 84 buildings over 100 feet tall. Its tallest building is the Connecticut Financial Center which stands at 383 feet.

Tallest buildings

These are the tallest buildings in New Haven, Connecticut.

Rank Name Image Height

ft (m)

Floors Year Notes
1 Connecticut Financial Center 383 (117) 26 1990 Currently, the sixth-tallest building in Connecticut; fourth-tallest in the state upon completion in 1990.[1]
2 360 State Street 338 (103) 31 2010 Second largest apartment building in Connecticut after Park Tower Stamford.[2]
3 Knights of Columbus Building 321 (98) 23 1969 World headquarters of the Knights of Columbus designed by Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates.
4 One Century Tower 280 (85) 19 1990 Designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates[3]
5 New Haven Savings Bank Tower 271 (83) 18 1974
6 Kline Tower 250 (76) 16 1966 59th-tallest educational building in the world.
7 Yale New Haven Hospital Smilow Cancer Center 237 (72) 13 2008
8 The Eli (formerly the SNET Building) 231 (70) 17 1938 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 Union and New Haven Trust Building 231 (70) 13 1927 Now known as The Union
10 St. Mary's Church 230 (70) 1 1874 Tallest church in New Haven.
11 Crown Towers 222 (68) 22 1967 Tallest residential building in New Haven until the completion of 360 State Street.
12 100 College Street 205 (62) 13 2015
13 Harkness Tower 216 (66) 9 1921 Tallest clock tower in the city. Third tallest building in the Yale university campus.
14 Center Court Apartments 215 (66) 13 1916
15 Frontier (formerly SBC) Building 213 (65) 10 1955
16 Long Wharf Maritime Center I 209 (63) 15 1985
17 Swensen Tower 208 (63) 14 1932 Formerly known as The Hall of Graduate Studies.[4]
18 Tower One 206 (62) 21 1971 Also known as the Jewish Community Council Tower.[5]
19 Omni New Haven Hotel 208 (63) 19 1966 Tallest hotel in New Haven and the fourth-tallest hotel in Connecticut.[6]
20 New Haven Children’s Hospital 201 (61) 10 1993
21 Payne Whitney Gymnasium 199 (60) 16 1932 Second largest gymnasium in the world.[7]
22 Bass Tower 196 (58) 2017 Part of the Pauli Murray college.
23 101 College Street 187 (56) 10 2023
24 Taft Apartments 185 (56) 12 1911
25 Center Church On The Green 184 (56) 1 1812 Tallest of the three churches on the green. A crypt lies underneath the church.[8]
26 Bella Vista Building E 183 (55) 19 1973 Tallest building in the Bella Vista complex.
27 One Church Street 183 (55) 8 1961 Houses the Consulate Of Ecuador.[9]
28 Madison Towers 183 (55) 17 1963
29 234 Church Street 181 (55) 15 1972
30 Bella Vista Building D 180 (54) 19 1973
31 900 Chapel Street 179 (54) 13 1966
32 Bella Vista Building C 173 (52) 17 1973
33 University Towers 170 (51) 17 1960
34 300 George Street 170 (51) 10 1960
35 Bella Vista Building A 169 (51) 17 1973
36 Bella Vista Building B 168 (51) 17 1973
37 Lippard Laboratory of Clinical Investigation 167 (50) 11 1965
38 Sheffield Sterling Strathcona Hall 166 (50) 10 1932
39 Yale New Haven Hospital East Pavilion 165 (50) 12 1953 Also referred to as 20 York Street.[10]
40 54 Meadow Street 159 (48) 9 1946 Renovated in the late 1980s.[11] Also referred to as the Gateway Center.[12]
41 Anlyan Center For Medical Research And Education 158 (48) 7 2003
42 Sterling Memorial Library 157 (47) 15 1930
43 235 Church Street 156 (47) 9 1973 Known as the New Haven County Courthouse.[13]
44 New Haven City Hall 152 (46) 4 1862 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.[14]
45 George Crawford Manor 150 (45) 15 1966 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2015.[15]
46 Pierson Tower 150 (45) 4 1933 Morse College Residential Tower is seen on the far left. 120 ft (36 meters) tall when excluding the spire.
47 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 147 (44) 1 1890
48 Trinity Lutheran Church 144 (43) 1 1871
49 Edith Johnson Towers 143 (43) 14 1972 Also referred to as 114 Bristol Street.[16]
50 Clinic Building 143 (43) 6 1932
51 United Church on the Green 137 (41) 1 1816
52 Tower East 135 (41) 13 1982
53 Whitney Grove Square 135 (41) 8 1986
54 Temple Square Apartments 135 (41) 4 1939
55 Saint Michael's Church 134 (40) 1 1904
56 Edward S. Harkness Memorial Hall 132 (40) 11 1955
57 St. Joseph Catholic Church 132 (40) 1 1905 Yellow brick Romanesque church
58 Morse College Residential Tower 131 (40) 13 1962
59 Charles Bingham Hall 131 (40) 9 1928
60 Pilgrim Congregational Church 131 (40) 1 1900
61 Yale New Haven Hospital South Pavilion 129 (39) 6 1982
62 129 Church Street 129 (39) 8 1919
63 Trinity Church on the Green 129 (39) 1 1814 Gothic church designed by Ithiel Town.[17]
64 60 Temple Street 128 (39) 9 1977
65 Long Wharf Maritime Center II 127 (38) 9 1988
66 55 Church Street 126 (38) 9 1974
67 First and Summerfield United Methodist Church 126 (38) 1 1849
68 St. Paul & St. James Episcopal Church 125 (38) 1 1830
69 Yale School of Public Health 123 (37) 8 1964 Located at 60 College Street.[18]
70 Phelps Hall 122 (37) 6 1896
71 Saint Stanislaus Catholic Church 122 (37) 1 1913
72 New Haven Hotel 117 (35) 7 1989
73 44 Orange Street 116 (35) 10 1993
74 Hotel Marcel 116 (35) 7 1970 Formerly was the headquarters for the Armstrong Rubber Company. One of the most famous brutalist buildings in the city along with the Crawford Manor. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2021.[19] Converted into a hotel in 2022.[20]
75 Saybrook College Tower 116 (35) 7 1917
76 Christ Church 114 (34) 1 1898 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2009.[21]
77 Liberty Building 114 (34) 7 1901
78 Schwarzman Center 113 (34) 4 1901
79 William T. Rowe Apartments 112 (34) 9 2011
80 Robert N. Giaimo Federal Building 112 (34) 6 1978
81 Charles T. McQueeney Apartments 111 (33) 10 1975
82 Battell Chapel 111 (33) 1 1876
83 55 Park Street 110 (33) 6 2010
84 University Theater, Yale School of Drama 110 (33) 1926

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in New Haven, Connecticut.

Name Image Street address Years as
tallest 		Height

ft (m)

Floors
Union and New Haven Trust Building 205 Church Street 1927–1938 231 (70) 13
The Eli (formerly the SNET Building) 227 Church Street 1938–1966 231 (70) 17
Kline Tower 219 Prospect Street 1966–1969 251 (76) 16
Knights of Columbus Building One Columbus Plaza 1969–1990 322 (98) 23
Connecticut Financial Center
 157 Church Street 1990–present 383 (117) 26

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

This list (currently empty) ranks tall buildings that are under construction, approved for construction or proposed for construction in New Haven.

Name Height*

ft (m)

Floors* Year*

(est.)

Status Notes

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights, floor counts, or dates of completion has not yet been released.

References

  1. ^ Connecticut Skyscraper Diagram – SkyscraperPage.com
  2. ^ "Dig Out That Downturn | New Haven Independent". December 2008.
  3. ^ "One Century Tower: Building Details". New Haven Building Archive. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
  4. ^ https://www.skydb.net/building/91922423/hall-of-graduate-studies-new-haven/
  5. ^ https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/tower-one/12208
  6. ^ Diagrams SkyscraperPage.com
  7. ^ https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=40861
  8. ^ https://nhba.yale.edu/building?id=205
  9. ^ https://nhba.yale.edu/building?id=203
  10. ^ https://www.skydb.net/building/206447921/yale-new-haven-hospital-east-pavilion-new-haven/
  11. ^ https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/54-Meadow-St-New-Haven-CT/4083378/
  12. ^ https://www.skydb.net/building/701160501/gateway-center-new-haven/
  13. ^ https://www.skydb.net/building/436284551/new-haven-county-courthouse-new-haven/
  14. ^ https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm#table
  15. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/15000113
  16. ^ https://www.skydb.net/building/96751788/edith-johnson-towers-new-haven/
  17. ^ "Trinity: The First Gothic Style Church in America". www.trinitynewhaven.org. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  18. ^ https://www.skydb.net/building/147253729/laboratory-of-epidemiology-and-public-health-new-haven/
  19. ^ https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm
  20. ^ https://www.world-architects.com/en/events/historic-sustainable-and-modern-hotel-marcel
  21. ^ https://www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/christ-church-46675.html
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