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

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 1915-1930.[33]
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial		50 feet	South Royalton	1905	obelisk	One of "the largest polished shafts in the world".
Burlington Breakwater North Light		35 feet	Burlington	2003	lighthouse	Tallest lighthouse in Vermont.

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