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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

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

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

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

  1. ^ "North Barre Manor". Barre Housing Authority. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  2. ^ "Decision and Order on Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment" (PDF). Vermont Judiciary. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014. ...The building= s permit states that it is approximately 98 feet in height from the ground to the > highest point of roof.
  3. ^ "Sheldon Towers Rutland". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  4. ^ "Three Cathedral Square, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  5. ^ "Movin' on Up". Seven Days. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
  6. ^ "Hilton Burlington, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  7. ^ a b Burlington high-rise gets facelift Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today Burlington Free Press. Retrieved on 2014-12-15
  8. ^ "Corporate Plaza, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  9. ^ "How Burlington Became an Award Winning-City" (PDF). CEDO. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  10. ^ "SAH Archipedia". UVaP. 2012. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  11. ^ "Service Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  12. ^ "HISTORIC AMERICAN TIMBER-FRAMED STEEPLES" (PDF). Timber Framing. November 2007. Retrieved 2014-12-21.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Stowe Community Church". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  14. ^ "New Ira Allen Chapel, Gift of Hon. James B. Wilbur, Dedicated". Vermont Alumni Weekly: Dedication of the Ira Allen Chapel, Vol. IV, No. 13. The Alumni Council of the University of Vermont. January 19, 1927. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  15. ^ Prevolos, Christine (2011). "University Green Area Heritage Study – Ira Allen Chapel (Historic Burlington Research Project – HP 206)". Burlington, Vermont: UVM Historic Preservation Program. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "In Celebration of the Centennial Year of the Billings Library and the Diamond Jubilee of the Ira Allen Chapel", Dedication ceremonies of The Billings–Ira Allen Campus Center, Friday the 18th of April 1986 (Program pamphlet obtained from the UVM Bailey–Howe Library, Special Collections Department)
  17. ^ "Courtyard Burlington Harbor, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  18. ^ "Burlington Square Apartments - East Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  19. ^ "Burlington Square Apartments - West Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  20. ^ "Stalled downtown Burlington development to be redesigned and reduced in size". 19 July 2019.
  21. ^ "PLANNING BOARD ADVANCES ZONING CHANGE FOR TOWN CENTER PROJECT". Seven Days. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  22. ^ https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/sites/default/files/u8/GEMS%20ELECTION%20SUMMARY%20REPORT.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  23. ^ "Montpelier Journal; A Rising Debate Over a Plan to Raise the Skyline". New York Times. 1988-08-01. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  24. ^ "The Park, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  25. ^ "Green Mountain Power" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  26. ^ "Freeman v. Burlington Broadcasters Inc., No. 97-9141 - FCC". Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  27. ^ "Black Gold in the Green Mountain State". Obscure Vermont. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  28. ^ "Oil & Gas in Vermont" (PDF). Office of the State Geologist. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  29. ^ "Vermont Be Damned". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  30. ^ "Bethel Tower - telecomvt.org". Vermont Telecommunication Authority. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  31. ^ "Let's Get Away". 18 May 2009. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  32. ^ "Hubbard Park Tower". Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  33. ^ "Hubbard Park: Natural History". City of Montpelier, Vermont. Retrieved 10 Mar 2018.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vermont