Landmarks · Seattle, USA · defined tip reference
How tall is Smith Tower?
Seattle’s Smith Tower uses the Skyscraper Center’s 147.5-meter tip height, including its flagpole. Published historical figures differ, so this comparison identifies the selected measurement explicitly.
147.5 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Height to tip including flagpole · sources disagree
- Subject or version
- Seattle, USA · defined tip reference
- In feet, rounded
- 483.9 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
The Skyscraper Center separates 140.8 meters of architectural height from 147.5 meters to the tip. The tower operator’s history page instead describes a 469-foot building and a 522-foot pinnacle. Those accounts are not reconciled here; their values are not averaged or silently substituted.
The cutout includes the green pyramidal roof, small globe and slender pole above it. Under the selected reference, the 184.404-meter Space Needle is about 36.9 meters taller. This comparison depends on retaining the same tip convention.
Quick facts
Seattle’s Smith Tower uses the Skyscraper Center’s 147.5-meter tip height, including its flagpole. Published historical figures differ, so this comparison identifies the selected measurement explicitly.
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Sources and measurement notes
- The Skyscraper Center: Smith Tower architectural and tip heights
- Smith Tower: operator’s historical height account
Source review recorded . Maintained by Ishan Karunaratne. Suggest a correction with a source and the exact measurement being compared.