List of tallest buildings in Vermont

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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.

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Tallest buildings

BuildingPhotographyFloorsHeightLocationYear builtNotes
Decker Towers Decker towers BTV.jpg 11124 feet Burlington 1971
North Barre Manor [1] 1198 feet [2] Barre 1982Height including roof mechanics unknown.
Sheldon Towers [3] 10124 feet Rutland
Three Cathedral Square [4] BTV 3CathedralSq 20170402.jpg 10103 feetBurlington1979
The Westlake Residences [5] BTV Westlake 20170402.jpg 9108 feetBurlington2007
Hilton Burlington (Burlington Square) [6] Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain.jpg 8116 feet [7] Burlington1976
Corporate Plaza (Key Bank) [8] Corporate Plaza - Burlington, Vermont.jpg 8105 feet [7] Burlington1988 [9]
Service Building Depot Park showing service building on merchant row, Rutland, Vt. 2 (63243).jpg 7101 feet [10] [11] Rutland 1930
Stowe Community Church 2004-02-25 - 08 - Main Street church, Stowe.jpg 5165 feet [12] Stowe 1863 [13]
Ira Allen Chapel (UVM) UVM IraAllenChapel 20161225.jpg 5170 feet [14] [15] [16] Burlington1925Church steeple
Montpelier City Hall Montpelier, VT 16.JPG 4136 feet Montpelier 1909
Vermont State House Vermont State House State Street downtown Montpelier VT July 2016.jpg 2140 feetMontpelier1859
St. Mary Star of the Sea StMarySOS.jpg 2114 feet Newport 1904Church steeple

Tallest proposed or approved

BuildingTown/CityHeightFloorsStatus
Burlington Square Apartments Burlington 191 feet16Unbuilt; dual towers proposed in 1975. Eventually shelved; Courtyard Burlington Harbor was built on the proposed site in 2007. [17] [18] [19]
CityPlaceBurlington176 feet14Approved 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 feet14Unbuilt; proposed in 1988. [23]
The ParkBurlington100 feet10Proposed, current status unknown [24]

Other tall structures

NamePhotographyHeightTown/CityBuiltTypeNotes
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 Tower408 feet Charlotte 1993radio mastBroadcast station is unknown.
Bennington Battle Monument Bennington Monument 02 (9374505246).jpg 306 feet Bennington 1889 obelisk Tallest occupiable structure in Vermont.
WIZN Tower [26] 199 feet Charlotte 1986radio 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 feetBurlington1955 power plant Decommissioned in 1986.
Vermont Yankee Tower Vernon 1972power plantDecommissioned in 2014.
Farmhouse Inn [31] 68 feet Woodstock 1915 barnhouse Claims to be the tallest barn in Vermont.
Hubbard Park Tower [32] MontpelierVT HubbardParkTower 20170813 (35783516913).jpg 58 feet Montpelier 1930Observation towerConstruction of the tower intermittently took place from 1915 to 1930. [33]
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial 50 feet South Royalton 1905obeliskOne of "the largest polished shafts in the world".
File Under So. Co., Waiting for...*40 feetBurlington2002filing cabinet/art installation*commonly referred to as "World's Tallest Filing Cabinet"
Burlington Breakwater North Light 35 feetBurlington2003 lighthouse Tallest lighthouse in Vermont.

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