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.
Tallest buildings
[edit]Building | Photography | Floors | Height | Location | Year built | Notes |
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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
[edit]Building | Town/City | Height | Floors | Status |
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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
[edit]Name | Photography | Height | Town/City | Built | Type | Notes |
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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
[edit]- ^ "North Barre Manor". Barre Housing Authority. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sheldon Towers Rutland". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Movin' on Up". Seven Days. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
- ^ "Hilton Burlington, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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- ^ "Corporate Plaza, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
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- ^ "SAH Archipedia". UVaP. 2012. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
- ^ "Service Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
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- ^ "Stowe Community Church". Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Courtyard Burlington Harbor, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Burlington Square Apartments - East Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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- ^ "PLANNING BOARD ADVANCES ZONING CHANGE FOR TOWN CENTER PROJECT". Seven Days. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/sites/default/files/u8/GEMS%20ELECTION%20SUMMARY%20REPORT.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Montpelier Journal; A Rising Debate Over a Plan to Raise the Skyline". New York Times. 1988-08-01. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^ "The Park, Burlington". Emporis. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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- ^ "Freeman v. Burlington Broadcasters Inc., No. 97-9141 - FCC". Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- ^ "Black Gold in the Green Mountain State". Obscure Vermont. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^ "Oil & Gas in Vermont" (PDF). Office of the State Geologist. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^ "Vermont Be Damned". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
- ^ "Bethel Tower - telecomvt.org". Vermont Telecommunication Authority. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
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- ^ "Hubbard Park Tower". Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- ^ "Hubbard Park: Natural History". City of Montpelier, Vermont. Retrieved 10 Mar 2018.