World's littlest skyscraper

The Newby-McMahon Building, commonly referred to as the world's littlest skyscraper, is located at 701 La Salle in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. This late Neoclassical style red brick and cast stone structure is 40ft tall, and its exterior dimensions are 18ft deep and 10ft wide. Its interior dimensions are approximately 12ft by 9ft, or approximately 108sqft. Steep, narrow, internal stairways leading to the upper floors occupy roughly 25 percent of the interior area.Reportedly the result of a fraudulent investment scheme by a confidence man, the Newby-McMahon Building was a source of great embarrassment to the city and its residents after its completion in 1919. During the 1920s, the Newby-McMahon Building was featured in Robert Ripley's Ripley's Believe It or Not! syndicated column as "the world's littlest skyscraper", a nickname that has stuck with it ever since. The Newby-McMahon Building is now part of the Depot Square Historic District of Wichita Falls, a Texas Historic Landmark.