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

BuildingPhotographyFloorsHeightLocationYear builtNotes
Decker Towers 11124 feetBurlington1971
North Barre Manor[1]1198 feet[2]Barre1982Height including roof mechanics unknown.
Sheldon Towers[3]10124 feetRutland
Three Cathedral Square[4] 10103 feetBurlington1979
The Westlake Residences[5] 9108 feetBurlington2007
Hilton Burlington (Burlington Square)[6] 8116 feet[7]Burlington1976
Corporate Plaza (Key Bank)[8] 8105 feet[7]Burlington1988[9]
Service Building 7101 feet[10][11]Rutland1930
Stowe Community Church 5165 feet[12]Stowe1863[13]
Ira Allen Chapel (UVM) 5170 feet[14][15][16]Burlington1925Church steeple
Montpelier City Hall 4136 feetMontpelier1909
Vermont State House 2140 feetMontpelier1859
St. Mary Star of the Sea 2114 feetNewport1904Church steeple

Tallest proposed or approved

BuildingTown/CityHeightFloorsStatus
Burlington Square ApartmentsBurlington191 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 towerMontpelier172 feet14Unbuilt; proposed in 1988.[23]
The ParkBurlington100 feet10Proposed, current status unknown[24]

Other tall structures

NamePhotographyHeightTown/CityBuiltTypeNotes
Kingdom Community Wind project450 feetLowell2012[25]wind turbines21 turbines in total.
WCAT Radio Tower445 feetBurlington1981radio mastPart of a larger array; other towers are 358 and 266 feet tall. Tallest radio tower in Vermont.
WVMT Radio Towers411 feetBurlington1922radio mastAll 3 towers are 411 feet (125 meters) tall
East Charlotte Telecommunications Tower408 feetCharlotte1993radio mastBroadcast station is unknown.
Bennington Battle Monument 306 feetBennington1889obeliskTallest occupiable structure in Vermont.
WIZN Tower[26]199 feetCharlotte1986radio mast
Petrofina Alburg #1[27]160 feetAlburg1964oil derrickRemnants of a short oil boom in the mid-20th century. Abandoned in 1965.[28]
North Springfield Gatehouse [29]160 feetNorth Springfield1960gatehouse
Bethel Tower [30]120 feetBethel2013cell phone tower
Moran Municipal Generation Station90 feetBurlington1955power plantDecommissioned in 1986.
Vermont Yankee TowerVernon1972power plantDecommissioned in 2014.
Farmhouse Inn[31]68 feetWoodstock1915barnhouseClaims to be the tallest barn in Vermont.
Hubbard Park Tower[32] 58 feetMontpelier1930Observation towerConstruction of the tower intermittently took place from 1915 to 1930.[33]
Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial50 feetSouth Royalton1905obeliskOne 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 Light35 feetBurlington2003lighthouseTallest lighthouse in Vermont.

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