List of tallest buildings in Vermont

Below is a list of the tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Vermont by number of floors. All buildings over ten stories are included, as well as buildings over 100 feet in height. By the amount of floors, at 124 feet, Decker Towers in Burlington is the shortest building to be the tallest in a U.S. State.

Tallest buildings

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Building Photography Floors Height Location Year built Notes
Decker Towers   11 124 feet Burlington 1971
North Barre Manor[1] 11 98 feet[2] Barre 1982 Height including roof mechanics unknown.
Sheldon Towers[3] 10 124 feet Rutland
Three Cathedral Square[4]   10 103 feet Burlington 1979
The Westlake Residences[5]   9 108 feet Burlington 2007
Hilton Burlington (Burlington Square)[6]   8 116 feet[7] Burlington 1976
Corporate Plaza (Key Bank)[8]   8 105 feet[7] Burlington 1988[9]
Service Building   7 101 feet[10][11] Rutland 1930
Stowe Community Church   5 165 feet[12] Stowe 1863[13]
Ira Allen Chapel (UVM)   5 170 feet[14][15][16] Burlington 1925 Church steeple
Montpelier City Hall   4 136 feet Montpelier 1909
Vermont State House   2 140 feet Montpelier 1859
St. Mary Star of the Sea   2 114 feet Newport 1904 Church steeple

Tallest proposed or approved

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Building Town/City Height Floors Status
Burlington Square Apartments Burlington 191 feet 16 Unbuilt; dual towers proposed in 1975. Eventually shelved; Courtyard Burlington Harbor was built on the proposed site in 2007.[17][18][19]
CityPlace Burlington 176 feet 14 Approved for construction by popular vote on November 8, 2016. Project stalled, current status undetermined.[20] Would be the tallest building in the state if erected.[21][22]
Montpelier tower Montpelier 172 feet 14 Unbuilt; proposed in 1988.[23]
The Park Burlington 100 feet 10 Proposed, current status unknown[24]

Other tall structures

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Name Photography Height Town/City Built Type Notes
Kingdom Community Wind project 450 feet Lowell 2012[25] wind turbines 21 turbines in total.
WCAT Radio Tower 445 feet Burlington 1981 radio mast Part of a larger array; other towers are 358 and 266 feet tall. Tallest radio tower in Vermont.
WVMT Radio Towers 411 feet Burlington 1922 radio mast All 3 towers are 411 feet (125 meters) tall
East Charlotte Telecommunications Tower 408 feet Charlotte 1993 radio mast Broadcast station is unknown.
Bennington Battle Monument   306 feet Bennington 1889 obelisk Tallest occupiable structure in Vermont.
WIZN Tower[26] 199 feet Charlotte 1986 radio mast
Petrofina Alburg #1[27] 160 feet Alburg 1964 oil derrick Remnants of a short oil boom in the mid-20th century. Abandoned in 1965.[28]
North Springfield Gatehouse [29] 160 feet North Springfield 1960 gatehouse
Bethel Tower [30] 120 feet Bethel 2013 cell phone tower
Moran Municipal Generation Station 90 feet Burlington 1955 power plant Decommissioned in 1986.
Vermont Yankee Tower Vernon 1972 power plant Decommissioned in 2014.
Farmhouse Inn[31] 68 feet Woodstock 1915 barnhouse Claims to be the tallest barn in Vermont.
Hubbard Park Tower[32]   58 feet Montpelier 1930 Observation tower Construction of the tower intermittently took place from 1915 to 1930.[33]
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial 50 feet South Royalton 1905 obelisk One of "the largest polished shafts in the world".
File Under So. Co., Waiting for...* 40 feet Burlington 2002 filing cabinet/art installation* commonly referred to as "World's Tallest Filing Cabinet"
Burlington Breakwater North Light 35 feet Burlington 2003 lighthouse Tallest lighthouse in Vermont.

References

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  21. ^ "PLANNING BOARD ADVANCES ZONING CHANGE FOR TOWN CENTER PROJECT". Seven Days. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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