The history of high-rises in the United States city of Dayton, Ohio, began in

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with the construction of the

Reibold Building The Reibold Building in Dayton, Ohio was the area's tallest building from the time of its completion in 1896 until 1904 (when the first part of the Centre City Building, then known as the United Brethren Building, was completed). The Reibold ...

. Although the Reibold Building was Dayton's first high-rise, the

Centre City Building The Centre City Building (formerly known as the ''United Brethren Building'') is an historic building at 36-44 South Main Street at the corner of East Fourth Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It was designed by Charles Herby and built in 1904 b ...

is often regarded as the first "

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" in the city and was completed in

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. The original portion of the building opened in 1904, when the tower portion was completed two decades later, it was one of the tallest

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buildings in the world, and the tallest in the United States. Dayton went through an early building boom in the late 1920s, during which several high-rise buildings, including the Key Bank Building, were constructed. The city experienced a second, much larger building boom that lasted from the early 1970s to late 1980s. During this time, Dayton saw the construction of six skyscrapers, including the Stratacache Tower, also known as the Kettering Tower, and KeyBank Tower. The two tallest buildings of the Dayton skyline are Stratacache Tower at and the KeyBank Tower at . Stratacache Tower was formally Kettering Tower (named for Virginia Kettering), and was originally Winters Tower, the headquarters of Winters Bank, and the building was renamed when Winters merged with Bank One. KeyBank Tower was formerly known as the MeadWestvaco Tower before KeyBank gained naming rights to the building in 2008. Dayton is the site of five skyscrapers that rise at least in height. The most recently completed high-rise in the city is the Miami Valley Hospital Southeast Tower, which was constructed in 2010 and rises . DaytonView

Tallest completed buildings

This list ranks Dayton buildings that stand at least tall to limit exhaustiveness and based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Dayton.

References

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External links

Diagram of Dayton skyscrapers
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