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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. ▢
    3
    Perry-Burns Elevators
    United StatesLubbock
    50 m 1927
  4. ▢
    4
    Hilton Hotel
    United StatesLubbock
    44 m 12 fl 1929
  5. Lubbock County Tax Office 5
    Lubbock County Tax Office
    United StatesLubbock
    44 m 12 fl 1940
  6. Victory Tower 6
    Victory Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    29 m 8 fl 1999
  7. Lubbock County Courthouse 7
    Lubbock County Courthouse
    United StatesLubbock
    29 m 7 fl 1950
  8. Green Building 8
    Green Building
    United StatesLubbock
    26 m 6 fl 1926
  9. United Supermarkets Arena 9
    United Supermarkets Arena
    United StatesLubbock
    24 m 1999
  10. 1212 Avenue J 10
    1212 Avenue J
    United StatesLubbock
    24 m 6 fl 1950
  11. Park Tower 11
    Park Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    15 fl 1967
  12. Overton Hotel and Conference Center 12
    Overton Hotel and Conference Center
    United StatesLubbock
    15 fl 2009
  13. Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration 13
    Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration
    United StatesLubbock
    13 fl
  14. Coleman Hall 14
    Coleman Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    12 fl
  15. Chitwood Hall 15
    Chitwood Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    12 fl
  16. Weymouth Hall 16
    Weymouth Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    12 fl
  17. Pioneer Condos 17
    Pioneer Condos
    United StatesLubbock
    11 fl 1926
  18. Citizens Tower 18
    Citizens Tower
    United StatesLubbock
    11 fl 1963
  19. Raider Park 19
    Raider Park
    United StatesLubbock
    11 fl 2010
  20. Architecture Building 20
    Architecture Building
    United StatesLubbock
    10 fl
  21. Lubbock National Bank Building 21
    Lubbock National Bank Building
    United StatesLubbock
    10 fl 1979
  22. George M. Mahon Federal Building and United States Courthouse 22
    George M. Mahon Federal Building and United States Courthouse
    United StatesLubbock
    8 fl 1971
  23. Covenant Medical Center 23
    Covenant Medical Center
    United StatesLubbock
    8 fl
  24. Lubbock Main Center 24
    Lubbock Main Center
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl 1950
  25. Murdough Hall 25
    Murdough Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl
  26. ▢
    26
    Stangel Hall
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl
  27. U Lofts Lubbock 27
    U Lofts Lubbock
    United StatesLubbock
    7 fl 2007
  28. Covenant Medical Center - Lakeside 28
    Covenant Medical Center - Lakeside
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  29. University Plaza Building 29
    University Plaza Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1971
  30. DoubleTree by Hilton Lubbock University Area 30
    DoubleTree by Hilton Lubbock University Area
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1972
  31. MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Tower Building 31
    MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Tower Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1982
  32. MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Atrium Building 32
    MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites - Atrium Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1982
  33. ▢
    33
    Pyramid Plaza
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl 1980
  34. ▢
    34
    Human Sciences Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  35. Biology Building 35
    Biology Building
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  36. ▢
    36
    University Medical Center
    United StatesLubbock
    6 fl
  37. ▢
    37
    Aloft Lubbock
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl 2021
  38. AT&T Switching Station 38
    AT&T Switching Station
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl
  39. ▢
    39
    Lubbock County Jail
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl 1931
  40. Hyatt Place Lubbock 40
    Hyatt Place Lubbock
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl
  41. Jim Kimmel Center 41
    Jim Kimmel Center
    United StatesLubbock
    5 fl
  42. ▢
    42
    Homewood Suites by Hilton Lubbock
    United StatesLubbock
    4 fl
  43. Abernathy Building 43
    Abernathy Building
    United StatesLubbock
    4 fl 1952
  44. First Methodist Church 44
    First Methodist Church
    United StatesLubbock
    1955
  45. City Bank Auditorium/Coliseum 45
    City Bank Auditorium/Coliseum
    United StatesLubbock
    1956
  46. ▢
    46
    Lubbock LDS Temple
    United StatesLubbock
    2002
  47. Jones AT&T Stadium 47
    Jones AT&T Stadium
    United StatesLubbock
    1947
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