CenturyLink Tower (formerly Qwest Tower) is a 296,448 sq.ft
office building located in downtown
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...
. It is 174 feet tall, has 11 stories, and is the tallest building in the state of South Dakota. Previously the 202-foot
Zip Feed Tower
The Zip Feed Tower was a grain elevator and feed mill in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At it was the tallest occupiable structure in South Dakota from its construction in 1956–57 until its demolition in December 2005. The mill closed in 2000 and i ...
was the tallest building in Sioux Falls, as well as South Dakota.
History and appearance
The building has had two different facades; initially it was of white stone, but structural issues that soon developed forced
US West
US West, Inc. (stylized as US WEST) was one of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs, also referred to as "Baby Bells"), created in 1983 under the Modification of Final Judgement (''United States v. Western Electric Co., Inc.'' 552 ...
(later known as
Qwest
Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a United States telecommunications carrier. Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dako ...
) to remove the outer facade and later install the present exterior. One portion of this building was actually constructed of brick and was the original telephone exchange building until its demolition in 2011 to make room for expanded parking.
Modern ownership
The building is now a dispatch center owned by
CenturyLink
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American
telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is ...
.
See also
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List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
The following is a list of the tallest buildings by U.S. state and territory. Forty are in their state's largest city, and 18 are in their capital city. The tallest building in the U.S. by architectural height is currently One World Trade Cente ...
References
Buildings and structures in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Skyscrapers in South Dakota
Modernist architecture in South Dakota
Lumen Technologies
Skyscraper office buildings in South Dakota
1971 establishments in South Dakota
Office buildings completed in 1971
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