List of tallest buildings in Sacramento
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Sacramento is the capital of the U.S state of California, with a metropolitan area population of 2.4 million. Sacramento has the largest skyline in the Central Valley of California, and one of the largest in Northern California, with a total of 20 buildings that exceed 200 feet (61 m) in height, 13 of which are taller than 300 ft (91 m). Despite this, Sacramento has a relatively short and small skyline for its population; none of the skyscrapers in Sacramento are in the hundred tallest buildings in California. The tallest building in the city is the Wells Fargo Center, an 30-story office building completed in 1992 to a height of 423 ft (129 m).
As California's capital, many of Sacramento's tallest buildings serve as offices for government agencies, including the Cal/EPA Building for the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Tower for the California Natural Resources Agency, or as courthouse buildings, such as the Robert T. Matsui or Tani Cantil-Sakauye courthouses. The courthouses are next to each other. Residential high-rises are rare, and no fully residential buildings are taller than 200 feet (61 m). Almost all high-rises in the city are located in downtown, south of the American River and east of the Sacramento River. One notable tower, the CalSTRS building, sits across the Sacramento River in West Sacramento.
The history of skyscrapers in Sacramento began with the Citizen Hotel and the Elks Tower, both built in the 1920s.
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