The Pioneer Building stands on the spot once occupied by Henry Yesler's home. The six-floor, 110-foot-tall symmetrical block held the title of Seattle's tallest building between 1892 and 1904. The overall height of the building was reduced to 92 feet following the 1949 Olympia Earthquake.

The 14-story, 203-foot Alaska Building was built in 1904 and was the first steel-frame structure of any height in the Northwest. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is now a Courtyard Marriott hotel.

The depot's 242-foot tower was modeled after Venice's Campanile di San Marco and helped make it the tallest building in Seattle between 1906 and 1914.

Some will say the Needle doesn't count as it's not a fully habitable building, but, come on. It's 605 feet-tall. It counts. Between 1962 and 1969, no Seattle structure was taller.

Originally known as 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, this 50-story, 630-foot skyscraper edged out the Space Needle by 25 feet to claim the crown between 1969 and 1985.

Seattle's tallest structure since 1985, the 66-story tower is also the second tallest structure on the West Coast at 932 feet-tall. If not for an FAA order, it would have been 1,005 feet tall.