List of tallest buildings in Vermont

Below is a list of the tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Vermont ranked by height in feet. All buildings over 100 feet in height are included. Grace Church, in Rutland, is the tallest building in Vermont at 199 feet.

Tallest buildings

Rank	Building	Photography	Height	Floors	Location	Year built	Notes
1	Grace Church		199 feet [1]	1	Rutland	1860 [2]	Church
2=	Ira Allen Chapel (UVM)		170 feet [3] [4] [5]	1	Burlington	1925	Church
2=	Unitarian Church		170 feet [6]	1	Burlington	1816	Church
4	Stowe Community Church		165 feet [7]	1	Stowe	1863 [8]	Church
5=	Montpelier City Hall		150 feet[ citation needed ]	4	Montpelier	1909
5=	Old Mill (UVM)		150 feet [9]	4	Burlington	1825
7	First Methodist Church		147 feet [10]	1	Burlington	1869	Church
8	Vermont State House		136 feet [11]	2	Montpelier	1859
9	Congregational Church		135 feet [12]	1	Middlebury	1809	Church
10	Masonic Temple		130 feet [13]	5	Burlington	1898
11	Sheldon Towers [14]		124 feet	10	Rutland	1972
12	Decker Towers		116.3 feet	11	Burlington	1971
13	100 Bank Street		116 feet [15]	8	Burlington		Roof mechanics included in height
14	The Nest		111.7 feet	9	Burlington	2022
15	First Baptist Church		110 feet [16]	1	Burlington	1864	Church
16	The Westlake Residences [17]		107.5 feet	9	Burlington	2007	Roof mechanics included in height
17=	St. Mary Star of the Sea		105 feet [18]	1	Newport	1904	Church
17=	Corporate Plaza (Key Bank) [19]		105 feet [15]	8	Burlington	1988 [20]
19	Three Cathedral Square [21]		103.3 feet	10	Burlington	1979	Roof mechanics included in height
20	Service Building		101 feet [22] [23]	7	Rutland	1930

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. [24] [25] [26]
Montpelier tower	Montpelier	172 feet	14	Unbuilt; proposed in 1988. [27]
Burlington Square South Tower	Burlington	139 feet [28]	11	Under construction, expected to be completed in early 2025 [29]
Burlington Square North Tower	Burlington	122.5 feet [30]	9	Under construction, expected to be completed in late 2025 to early 2026 [29]
The Park	Burlington	100 feet	10	Proposed, current status unknown [31]

Other tall structures

Name	Photography	Height	Town/City	Built	Type	Notes
Kingdom Community Wind project		450 feet	Lowell	2012 [32]	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 [33]		199 feet	Charlotte	1986	radio mast
Petrofina Alburg #1 [34]		160 feet	Alburg	1964	oil derrick	Remnants of a short oil boom in the mid-20th century. Abandoned in 1965. [35]
North Springfield Gatehouse [36]		160 feet	North Springfield	1960	gatehouse
Bethel Tower [37]		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 [38]		68 feet	Woodstock	1915	barnhouse	Claims to be the tallest barn in Vermont.
Hubbard Park Tower [39]		58 feet	Montpelier	1930	Observation tower	Construction of the tower intermittently took place from 1915 to 1930. [40]
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.

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