List of tallest buildings in Sacramento facts for kids

Sacramento's skyline from the Riverwalk.

This list of tallest buildings in Sacramento ranks buildings in Sacramento, California by height. There is a total of 19 skyscrapers in Sacramento that exceeds 215 feet. However, none of the skyscrapers in Sacramento exceeds 430 feet or are in the top 75 of the tallest buildings in California.

The history of skyscrapers in Sacramento began with the Citizen Hotel and the Elks Tower, which were both built in 1925. After this, Sacramento saw a 59-year drought without a skyscraper being built, ending with the construction of the West America Bank building in 1984. During the 1980s and 1990s, Sacramento saw a building boom, with 8 skyscrapers being built. This includes the Wells Fargo Center, the tallest building in the city at 423 feet. However, Sacramento has seen another construction drought during the 21st century, with only 2 skyscrapers exceeding 350 feet being built since 2000. There were many highrise residential and office towers proposed for Sacramento's downtown area, however a majority of proposed towers, most notably the Towers on Capitol Mall, were cancelled due to the Great Recession and higher construction costs.

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Center		423 / 129	31	1992	Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.
2	US Bank Tower		404 / 123	25	2008	This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.
3	Bank of the West Tower		397 / 121 Roof - 404 / 123 Tip Pointing Top	25	2009	This building has topped out and is also known as 500 Capital Mall.
4	Park Tower		380 / 116	26	1991
5	Renaissance Tower		372 / 113	28	1989	Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.
6	Cal/EPA Building		372 / 113	25	2000
7	Capitol Square		351 / 107	25	1992
8	Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse		350 / 107	16	1999
9	Natural Resources Tower		344/105	22	2021	A 344-foot, 877,000 sq ft skyscraper for the California Natural Resources Agency for up to 4200 employees. Also known as the "P Street Building". Tallest building built in Sacramento during the 2020s.
10	Sacramento Courthouse Building		325 / 99	18	2023
11	Esquire Plaza		322 / 98	22	1999
12	Sheraton Grand Sacramento		318 / 97	28	2001	This is the tallest hotel in Sacramento.
13	CalSTRS Tower		300 / 91	19	2009	In Raley's Landing in West Sacramento. California State Teachers' Retirement System Building.
14	California State Capitol		247 / 75	6	1874	Tallest building completed in the 19th Century.
15	1201K Tower		238 / 73	18	1992
16	Kimpton Sawyer Sacramento		231 / 70	16	2017	Part of Downtown Commons, a new mixed use development home of the Golden 1 Center for the Sacramento Kings. Tallest building completed during the 2010s.
17	West America Bank		229 / 69.7	18	1984
18	Department of Justice Building		227 / 69	18	1995
19	Elks Tower		226 / 69	15	1925	Tallest building completed in the 1920s.
20	The Citizen Hotel (originally California Western State Life Insurance, also known as the Cal-West Building)		216 / 66	15	1925	Sacramento's first sky-scraper built in 1925.

Tallest under construction, approved or proposed

This lists ranks projects-developments Sacramento buildings that stand at least 175 feet (53 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.