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  1. Metro Tower 1
    Metro Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    84 m 20 fl 1955
  2. Wells Fargo Building 2
    Wells Fargo Building
    United StatesLubbock
    64 m 15 fl 1968
  3. Lubbock County Tax Office 3
    Lubbock County Tax Office
    United StatesLubbock
    44 m 12 fl 1940
  4. Victory Tower 4
    Victory Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    29 m 8 fl 1999
  5. Lubbock County Courthouse 5
    Lubbock County Courthouse
    United StatesLubbock
    29 m 7 fl 1950
  6. Green Building 6
    Green Building
    United StatesLubbock
    26 m 6 fl 1926
  7. United Supermarkets Arena 7
    United Supermarkets Arena
    United StatesLubbock
    24 m 1999
  8. 1212 Avenue J 8
    1212 Avenue J
    United StatesLubbock
    24 m 6 fl 1950
  9. Park Tower 9
    Park Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    15 fl 1967
  10. Overton Hotel and Conference Center 10
    Overton Hotel and Conference Center
    United StatesLubbock
    15 fl 2009
  11. Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration 11
    Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration
    United StatesLubbock
    13 fl
  12. Coleman Hall 12
    Coleman Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    12 fl
  13. Chitwood Hall 13
    Chitwood Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    12 fl
  14. Weymouth Hall 14
    Weymouth Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    12 fl
  15. Pioneer Condos 15
    Pioneer Condos
    United StatesLubbock
    11 fl 1926
  16. Citizens Tower 16
    Citizens Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    11 fl 1963
  17. Architecture Building 17
    Architecture Building
    United StatesLubbock
    10 fl
  18. Lubbock National Bank Building 18
    Lubbock National Bank Building
    United StatesLubbock
    10 fl 1979
  19. George M. Mahon Federal Building and United States Courthouse 19
    George M. Mahon Federal Building and United States Courthouse
    United StatesLubbock
    8 fl 1971
  20. Covenant Medical Center 20
    Covenant Medical Center
    United StatesLubbock
    8 fl
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    21
    Conrad Lofts
    United StatesPlainview
    8 fl 1929
  22. Lubbock Main Center 22
    Lubbock Main Center
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl 1950
  23. Murdough Hall 23
    Murdough Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl
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    24
    Stangel Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl
  25. U Lofts Lubbock 25
    U Lofts Lubbock
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl 2007
  26. Covenant Medical Center - Lakeside 26
    Covenant Medical Center - Lakeside
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  27. University Plaza Building 27
    University Plaza Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1971
  28. DoubleTree by Hilton Lubbock University Area 28
    DoubleTree by Hilton Lubbock University Area
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1972
  29. MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Tower Building 29
    MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Tower Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1982
  30. MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Atrium Building 30
    MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Atrium Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1982
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    31
    Pyramid Plaza
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1980
  32. ▢
    32
    Human Sciences Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  33. Biology Building 33
    Biology Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  34. ▢
    34
    University Medical Center
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  35. AT&T Switching Station 35
    AT&T Switching Station
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl
  36. ▢
    36
    Lubbock County Jail
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl 1931
  37. ▢
    37
    Homewood Suites by Hilton Lubbock
    United StatesLubbock
    4 fl
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    38
    Hale County Courthouse
    United StatesPlainview
    4 fl 1910
  39. First Methodist Church 39
    First Methodist Church
    United StatesLubbock
    1955
  40. City Bank Auditorium/Coliseum 40
    City Bank Auditorium/Coliseum
    United StatesLubbock
    1956
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    41
    Lubbock LDS Temple
    United StatesLubbock
    2002
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    42
    First Baptist Church
    United StatesPlainview
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