Capital One Tower (Louisiana)

Capital One Tower
Capital One Tower in 2012
Former names	Hibernia Tower; Calcasieu Marine Tower
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Banking; office space
Location	Lake Charles, Louisiana
Construction started	1981
Completed	1982
Opening	October 1, 1983
Closed	2020
Demolished	September 7, 2024
Cost	$40 million
Owner	Hertz Investment Group
Management	Hertz Investment Group
Height
Antenna spire	375 ft (114.3 meters)
Roof	314 ft (95.7 meters)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Lifts/elevators	8
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Lloyd Jones Brewer Associates
Structural engineer	Miner-Dederick; F. Miller and Sons
Website
https://web.archive.org/web/20100330061108/http://www.hertzgroup.com/capital_one_tower.html#

The Capital One Tower was a skyscraper located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. It was the tallest building in the city and a dominant feature of the downtown skyline.

The building was designed by Lloyd Jones Brewer Associates of Houston and was constructed by Miner-Dederick of Houston and F. Miller and Sons of Lake Charles at a cost of $40 million. Construction began in March 1981 with groundbreaking in January 1982. The building was opened in 1983 and stood 22 stories and 375 feet (114 m) tall with 400,000 square feet (37,000 m²) of space. The four-acre lot included an attached parking garage.^[1][2]

The building was originally called the CM Tower, for Calcasieu Marine National Bank, then renamed the Hibernia tower after Hibernia National Bank purchased Calcasieu Marine. It was then changed to Capital One Tower after Capital One Bank acquired Hibernia in 2005.

Badly damaged by Hurricane Laura in August 2020, the tower stood empty until it was demolished in September 2024.