List of tallest buildings in New Haven facts for kids

The New Haven skyline as seen from New Haven Harbor in 2007 before the completion of 360 State Street

New Haven is the third largest city in Connecticut behind Stamford and Bridgeport. New Haven is located on the shore of the New Haven Harbor which allowed the city grow economically which allowed it to grow industrially. Before there where countless factories which sprung up in new haven until the 1900s and the 2000s which slowed the cities development. Most skyscrapers were built recently like 360 State Street completed in 2010.

Tallest buildings

These are the sixteen 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.
2	360 State Street		338 (103)	31	2010	Second largest apartment building in Connecticut after Park Tower Stamford.
3	Knights of Columbus Building		321 (98)	23	1969
4	Kline Biology Tower		250 (76)	16	1966	59th-tallest educational building in the world.
5	100px		233 (71)	22	1967	Tallest residential building in New Haven until the completion of 360 State Street.
6	New Haven Savings Bank Tower		230 (70)	18	1974
7	Bella Vista Buildings (A,B,C)		211 (64)	17	1973
7	Bella Vista Buildings (D,E)		235 (72)	19	1973
8	One Century Tower		213 (66)	19	1990	One Century Tower is the building on the far left in the picture.
9	Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building		210 (60)	17	1938	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
10	Harkness Tower		216 (66)	9	1921	Part of the Yale university campus
11	Omni New Haven Hotel		209 (65)	19	1966	Tallest hotel in New Haven and the fourth-tallest hotel in Connecticut.
12	One tower		207 (61)	21	1971	Also known as the Jewish community council tower
13	Union and New Haven Trust Building		164 (50)	13	1927	Now known as The Union
14	Frontier Building Headquarters New Haven		160 (49)	14	?	Sold in 2022 to a company in New Jersey
15	Gold building		157 (48)	14	1975
16	Hotel Marcel		119 (37)	7	1970	Originally used as the headquarters for the Armstrong rubber company

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	164 (50)	13
Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building		12.0227 Church Street	1938–1966	196 (59)	17
Kline Biology Tower		05.0219 Prospect Street	1966–1969	250 (76)	16
Knights of Columbus Building		03.0One Columbus Plaza	1969–1990	321 (98)	23
Connecticut Financial Center		07.0157 Church Street	1990–present	383 (117)	26

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

This lists buildings that are under construction, approved for construction or proposed for construction in New Haven.

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