World's tallest buildings recorded in 1884.

George.F.Cram owned Americas largest map business in 1869, which went on to become the first American business to produced the world Atlas. George was also responsible for creating the diagram seen above which describes the highest buildings in the world in 1884. George was born in 1842 and died in 1928.




KEY FOR MASONRY WORK:

Red colour = Brick
White colour = Stone
Pink colour = Granite
Purple colour = Bronze, Copper or Lead
Yellow colour = Gold

1	Porcelain Tower	Nankin	China	200
2	St. George's Hall	Liverpool	England	85
3	Tomb of Teodoric	Ravenna	Italy	50
4	Chichester Cathedral	Chichester	England	271
5	Victoria Tower	Westminster	England	331
6	Boston Church	Boston	England	292
7	Taj Mahal	Agra	India	220
8	York Cathedral	York	England	198
9	Temple of Bacchus	Teos	Lebanon	50
10	Alexandrian Column	St. Petersborough	Russia	154
11	Column of July	Paris	France	154
12	Torre Asinelli	Bologna	Italy	370
13	Bell Tower, St. Mark's	Venice	Italy	323
14	Colosseum	Rome	Italy	157
15	Friburg Cathedral	Freiburg	Germany	385
16	Temple of the Sun	Baalbec	Lebanon	120
17	Temple of the Ilissus	Athens	Greece	25
18	Erechtheium	Athens	Greece	35
19	Chartrea Cathedral	Chartres	France	403
20	Church of St. Genevieve	Paris	France	274
21	The Monument	London	England	202
22	Amiens Cathedral	Amiens	France	383
23	Church of St. Theobald	Thann	France	320
24	Royal Albert Hall	London	England	154
25	St. Stephen's Cathedral	Vienna	Austria	441
26	Torazzo of Cremona	Cremona	Italy	396
27	Hotel des Invalides	Paris	France	310
28	Temple of the Giants	Agrigentum	Italy	116
29	Parthenon	Athens	Greece	66
30	Second Pyramid	Giza	Egypt	447
31	Rouen Cathedral	Rouen	France	460
32	Strasburg Cathedral	Strasbourg	France	468
33	Eleanor Cross	Waltham	England	50
34	Cologne Cathedral	Cologne	Germany	510
35	Great Pyramid	Giza	Egypt	460
36	St. Peter's	Rome	Italy	448
37	St. Paul's	London	England	360
38	Albert Memorial	London	England	180
39	Obelisk	Luxor	Egypt	75
39	Prophylon	Luxor	Egypt	70
40	Bow Church	London	England	235
41	Cleopatra's Needle		Egypt	68
42	Old St. Paul's	London	England	508
43	Church of St. Mary	Lubeck	Germany	400
44	Abbey of St. Stephen	Caen	France	400
45	Church of St. Martin	Landshut	Germany	460
46	The Baptistry	Pisa	Italy	190
47	Tomb at Mylasa	Caria	Greece	50
48	Church of St. Peter	Hamburg	Germany	380
49	Obelisk in Piazza di San Giovanna in Laterano	Rome	Italy	153
50	Antwerp Cathedral	Antwerp	Belgium	403
51	"Bell Harry" Tower	Canterbury	England	235
52	Tower of the Winds	Athens	Greece	45
53	The Cahedral	Florence	Italy	376
54	Hotel de Ville	Brussels	Belgium	374
55	Mosque of St. Sophia	Constantinople	Turkey	182
56	Pantheon	Rome	Italy	143
57	Chapel of St. Pietro Montorio	Rome	Italy	40
58	Choriagic Monument of Lysicrates	Athens	Greece	34
59	Salisbury Cathedral	Salisbury	England	404
60	Trajan Column	Rome	Italy	134
61	Cathedral	Frankfort-on-Main	Germany	326
62	Pyramid of Mycirinus	Giza Plateau	Egypt	218
63	Church of St. Nicholas	Newcastle-on-Tyne	England	201
64	Temple of Jupiter Stator	Rome	Italy	98
65	Mechlin Cathedral	Mechlin	Belgium	319
66	Bell Tower	Florence	Italy	266
67	Tomb of Absolom	Jerusalem	Israel	54
68	Norwich Cathedral	Norwich	England	309
69	Leaning Tower	Pisa	Italy	188
70	Pompey's Pillar	Alexandria	Egypt	100
71	Church of St. Isaac	St. Peterborough	Russia	336
72	Central Spire	Lichfield	England	253
72	Western Spire	Lichfield	England	192
73	Arch of Constantine	Rome	Italy	70
74	Tower of Ivan Veliki	Moscow	Russia	260
75	Central Transept, Crystal Palace	London	England	198
76	Science Schools, South Kensington	London	England	110
77	Temple of Vesta	Tivoli	Italy	55
78	Washington Monument	Washington D.C.	United States	555