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The tallest building in the United States is New York’s new World Trade Center, which stands at 1,776 feet (including a very large antenna). Every other state has a “tallest building” and Vermont’s is the “shortest” of them all.
In fact, there are only two buildings in Vermont that are more than ten stories. New York City, in contrast, has 6,000 buildings over 10 stories.
The tallest building in Vermont is the 11 story (and inaccurately-named) Decker “Towers,” a public housing project in Burlington with 161 apartments and an 11 floor “observatory with view of Lake Champlain.” Decker Towers “towers” over the Burlington skyline at 124 feet. Vermont tallest building is more than 20 feet shorter than the next entry, which is in Wyoming.
Relatively speaking, if 14 of Vermont’s tallest Decker Towers were stacked one on top of the other they would still not be as tall as the World Trade Center.
Photo Source: http://burlingtonhousing.org/
The city of Rutland has an apartment building that is also 11 stories. It is second tallest building in Vermont.
According to the website 247 Wallst.com, only four other states have tallest buildings that are less than 200 feet. Portland Maine has a building that 184 feet, Wyoming's is 148 feet and South Dakota’s oddly named Century Link Tower soars to a height 174 feet.
Some experts argue that Burlington Vermont’s Masonic Temple is the tallest building in the state at 134 feet, but most of that upper space is a steeply pitched roof.
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2016/02/02/the-tallest-building-in-every-state/
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