![]() This building became the new central branch of the Dayton YMCA in 1929. Construction of a tower portion began years later and upon completion in 1924 it became the tallest reinforced concrete building in the United States and one of the tallest in the world. It was then known as the United Brethren Building. The original portion of this building was completed in 1904. At one point, it was known as the Hulman Building, during the time it was the property of the owners of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - the Hulman Family of Terre Haute, Indiana. Liberty Tower, originally known as Mutual Home Savings Association Building, was the tallest building in Dayton from 1931 to 1969. In 2011, Premier Health Partners acquired the building for $6.19 million. Originally known as Citizens Federal Centre, later as Fifth Third Center (until the company moved to the One Dayton Centre in 2009). This was the tallest building in Dayton for about a year until the Kettering Tower claimed this designation in 1970. The building was once known as One Dayton Centre until Fifth Third Bank became the prime tenant in 2009. Previously the headquarters of the paper products company MeadWestvaco before it relocated to Stamford, Connecticut in 2001. Known as Kettering Tower until its purchase by Stratacache. Known as Winters Tower until the merger of Winters Bank with BankOne. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. This list ranks Dayton buildings that stand at least 150 feet (46 m) tall to limit exhaustiveness and based on standard height measurement. Panorama of Dayton Tallest completed buildings The most recently completed high-rise in the city is the Miami Valley Hospital Southeast Tower, which was constructed in 2010 and rises 246 ft (75 m). Dayton is the site of five skyscrapers that rise at least 328 ft (100 m) in height. KeyBank Tower was formerly known as the MeadWestvaco Tower before KeyBank gained naming rights to the building in 2008. 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. The two tallest buildings of the Dayton skyline are Stratacache Tower at 408 ft (124 m) and the KeyBank Tower at 385 ft (117 m). ![]() During this time, Dayton saw the construction of six skyscrapers, including the Stratacache Tower, also known as the Kettering Tower, and KeyBank Tower. The city experienced a second, much larger building boom that lasted from the early 1970s to late 1980s. 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 original portion of the building opened in 1904, when the tower portion was completed two decades later, it was one of the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world, and the tallest in the United States. Although the Reibold Building was Dayton's first high-rise, the Centre City Building is often regarded as the first " skyscraper" in the city and was completed in 1924. The history of high-rises in the United States city of Dayton, Ohio, began in 1896 with the construction of the Reibold Building.
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