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  1. WBRC-TV Tower 1
    WBRC-TV Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    420 m
  2. WVTM-TV Tower 2
    WVTM-TV Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    408 m
  3. WTTO-TV Tower 3
    WTTO-TV Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    408 m
  4. WIAT-TV Tower 4
    WIAT-TV Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    364 m
  5. Shipt Tower 5
    Shipt Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    138 m 34 fl 1986
  6. 1901 6th Avenue North 6
    1901 6th Avenue North
    United StatesBirmingham
    133 m 32 fl 1989
  7. City Center 7
    City Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    119 m 30 fl 1972
  8. Regions Center 8
    Regions Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    119 m 30 fl 1972
  9. City Federal Building 9
    City Federal Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    101 m 27 fl 1913
  10. Thomas Jefferson Tower 10
    Thomas Jefferson Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    87 m 19 fl 1929
  11. John A. Hand Building 11
    John A. Hand Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    87 m 21 fl 1912
  12. Daniel Building 12
    Daniel Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    86 m 20 fl 1970
  13. Two North Twentieth 13
    Two North Twentieth
    United StatesBirmingham
    83 m 18 fl 1962
  14. Galleria Office Tower 14
    Galleria Office Tower
    United StatesHoover
    76 m 17 fl 1986
  15. Elyton Hotel 15
    Elyton Hotel
    United StatesBirmingham
    75 m 16 fl 1909
  16. Watts Building 16
    Watts Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    72 m 17 fl 1928
  17. Jefferson Tower 17
    Jefferson Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    72 m 16 fl 1940
  18. Alabama Power Building 18
    Alabama Power Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    66 m 16 fl 1925
  19. Old Jefferson County Courthouse 19
    Old Jefferson County Courthouse
    United StatesBirmingham
    61 m 5 fl 1888
  20. Birmingham International Airport Control Tower 20
    Birmingham International Airport Control Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    60 m 2000
  21. ▢
    21
    The Summit Condominium Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    59 m 15 fl
  22. ▢
    22
    Transmission Tower
    United StatesHoover
    57 m
  23. Bankhead Towers 23
    Bankhead Towers
    United StatesBirmingham
    56 m 15 fl 1926
  24. ▢
    24
    Space Shot
    United StatesBessemer
    56 m
  25. Parliament House 25
    Parliament House
    United StatesBirmingham
    56 m 11 fl 1964
  26. Cathedral of St. Paul 26
    Cathedral of St. Paul
    United StatesBirmingham
    56 m 1893
  27. Ascend 27
    Ascend
    United StatesBirmingham
    56 m 17 fl 2020
  28. Vulcan Statue 28
    Vulcan Statue
    United StatesBirmingham
    54 m 1939
  29. Tutwiler Hotel 29
    Tutwiler Hotel
    United StatesBirmingham
    53 m 13 fl 1914
  30. Highland Manor 30
    Highland Manor
    United StatesBirmingham
    53 m 15 fl 1961
  31. Birmingham Social Security Center 31
    Birmingham Social Security Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    52 m 8 fl 2008
  32. Topgolf Birmingham Net 32
    Topgolf Birmingham Net
    United StatesBirmingham
    52 m 2017
  33. Kelly Hotel 33
    Kelly Hotel
    United StatesBirmingham
    51 m 15 fl 1928
  34. UAB Administration Building 34
    UAB Administration Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    50 m 15 fl 1967
  35. The Redmont Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton 35
    The Redmont Hotel Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton
    United StatesBirmingham
    49 m 14 fl 1925
  36. Cortland Vesta Apartments I 36
    Cortland Vesta Apartments I
    United StatesBirmingham
    48 m 15 fl 2019
  37. Birmingham VA Medical Center 37
    Birmingham VA Medical Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    47 m 10 fl 1953
  38. ▢
    38
    Transmission Tower
    United StatesMountain Brook
    46 m
  39. Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel 39
    Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel
    United StatesHoover
    46 m 15 fl 1986
  40. Alabama Power Annex 40
    Alabama Power Annex
    United StatesBirmingham
    46 m 10 fl 1950
  41. City Hall 41
    City Hall
    United StatesBirmingham
    46 m 4 fl 1901
  42. ▢
    42
    Transmission Tower
    United StatesIrondale
    46 m
  43. The Pizitz 43
    The Pizitz
    United StatesBirmingham
    45 m 8 fl 1925
  44. ▢
    44
    Transmission Tower
    United StatesHoover
    44 m
  45. Ramsay-McCormack Building 45
    Ramsay-McCormack Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    44 m 10 fl 1929
  46. Liberty National Life Building 46
    Liberty National Life Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    44 m 10 fl 1925
  47. YMCA 47
    YMCA
    United StatesBirmingham
    41 m 9 fl 1911
  48. East Lake United Methodist Church 48
    East Lake United Methodist Church
    United StatesBirmingham
    41 m 1947
  49. Birmingham City Hall 49
    Birmingham City Hall
    United StatesBirmingham
    41 m 12 fl 1950
  50. Frank Nelson Building 50
    Frank Nelson Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    40 m 10 fl 1903
  51. Jefferson County Courthouse 51
    Jefferson County Courthouse
    United StatesBirmingham
    39 m 9 fl 1931
  52. Molton Hotel 52
    Molton Hotel
    United StatesBirmingham
    37 m 8 fl 1913
  53. Sparks Center 53
    Sparks Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    37 m 10 fl 1969
  54. Lyons Harrison Research Building 54
    Lyons Harrison Research Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    37 m 9 fl 1960
  55. ▢
    55
    Jefferson County Public Health Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    37 m 9 fl 1948
  56. Colonial Center at Brookwood Village 56
    Colonial Center at Brookwood Village
    United StatesHomewood
    37 m 9 fl 2007
  57. ▢
    57
    The Sky Wheel
    United StatesBessemer
    37 m
  58. ▢
    58
    Transmission Tower
    United StatesHomewood
    37 m
  59. ▢
    59
    Rampage
    United StatesBessemer
    37 m 1998
  60. Sheraton Apartments 60
    Sheraton Apartments
    United StatesBirmingham
    36 m 11 fl 1950
  61. ▢
    61
    Essex House
    United StatesBirmingham
    35 m 10 fl 1949
  62. First Presbyterian Church 62
    First Presbyterian Church
    United StatesBirmingham
    35 m 1889
  63. 602 18th Street North 63
    602 18th Street North
    United StatesBirmingham
    34 m 8 fl 1958
  64. Hixson Hall 64
    Hixson Hall
    United StatesBirmingham
    34 m 9 fl 1962
  65. Ideal Building 65
    Ideal Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    34 m 7 fl 1928
  66. ▢
    66
    Avondale Cotton Mills
    United StatesBirmingham
    33 m 6 fl 1897
  67. Jemison Flats 67
    Jemison Flats
    United StatesBirmingham
    32 m 7 fl 1909
  68. ▢
    68
    Montelena
    United StatesBirmingham
    31 m 7 fl 2007
  69. ▢
    69
    Embassy Suites Hotel at Patton Creek
    United StatesHoover
    30 m 9 fl
  70. The Morris Hotel 70
    The Morris Hotel
    United StatesBirmingham
    30 m 6 fl 1888
  71. First United Methodist Church 71
    First United Methodist Church
    United StatesBirmingham
    30 m 1889
  72. Birmingham Trust National Bank 72
    Birmingham Trust National Bank
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 7 fl 1947
  73. ▢
    73
    Calder's Furniture Store
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 5 fl 1928
  74. U.S. Post Office & Custom House 74
    U.S. Post Office & Custom House
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 6 fl
  75. Alabama Theatre 75
    Alabama Theatre
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 7 fl 1927
  76. McWane Center 76
    McWane Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 6 fl 1916
  77. Newberry's Department Store 77
    Newberry's Department Store
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 5 fl 1916
  78. Jefferson Home Furniture Building 78
    Jefferson Home Furniture Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    29 m 5 fl 1915
  79. Phoenix Lofts 79
    Phoenix Lofts
    United StatesBirmingham
    28 m 5 fl 1950
  80. University of Alabama School of Dentistry 80
    University of Alabama School of Dentistry
    United StatesBirmingham
    27 m 7 fl 1950
  81. ▢
    81
    2826 7th Avenue South
    United StatesBirmingham
    27 m 7 fl
  82. Birmingham International Airport Control Tower 82
    Birmingham International Airport Control Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    27 m 7 fl 1962
  83. Mountain Brook Inn 83
    Mountain Brook Inn
    United StatesHomewood
    26 m 8 fl 1974
  84. Kress Building 84
    Kress Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    26 m 5 fl 1937
  85. Hunter Street Baptist Church 85
    Hunter Street Baptist Church
    United StatesHoover
    26 m 1994
  86. ▢
    86
    Edwards Bell Tower
    United StatesBirmingham
    26 m
  87. Burger Phillips Centre 87
    Burger Phillips Centre
    United StatesBirmingham
    26 m 6 fl 1926
  88. Bromberg & Company Downtown 88
    Bromberg & Company Downtown
    United StatesBirmingham
    26 m 5 fl 1946
  89. ▢
    89
    Blazer Hall
    United StatesBirmingham
    25 m 8 fl 1962
  90. ▢
    90
    University Hall
    United StatesBirmingham
    25 m 8 fl 1969
  91. ▢
    91
    Westin Hotel at Colonial Brookwood Village
    United StatesMountain Brook
    24 m 6 fl
  92. ▢
    92
    Terminal Station
    United StatesBirmingham
    24 m 2 fl 1908
  93. Magnolia Financial Center 93
    Magnolia Financial Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    22 m 6 fl 1966
  94. ▢
    94
    Faith Chapel Christian Center
    United StatesBirmingham
    22 m 2002
  95. ▢
    95
    Gables at Glen Iris
    United StatesBirmingham
    22 m 5 fl
  96. ▢
    96
    Transmission Tower
    United StatesChalkville
    22 m
  97. Crippled Children's Clinic 97
    Crippled Children's Clinic
    United StatesBirmingham
    21 m 6 fl 1951
  98. Kemper Building 98
    Kemper Building
    United StatesBirmingham
    21 m 4 fl 2006
  99. ▢
    99
    Paul Hayne High School
    United StatesBirmingham
    18 m 3 fl 1885
  100. ▢
    100
    Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument
    United StatesBirmingham
    16 m 1905
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