Missouri's Tallest Buildings and Structures
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The tallest structures in the U.S. state
of Missouri
include a 2000 feet (609.6 m) broadcasting tower, an 800 feet (243.8 m) chimney, a 630 feet (192 m) monument, and a 624 feet (190.2 m) office building.
Missouri
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
include a 2000 feet (609.6 m) broadcasting tower, an 800 feet (243.8 m) chimney, a 630 feet (192 m) monument, and a 624 feet (190.2 m) office building.
MissouriMissouriMissouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
's tallest accessible buildings
| Name | Height feet / m |
Location | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway Arch Gateway Arch The Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States... |
630 ft (192 m). | St. Louis, MO | List of tallest buildings by U.S. state |
| One Kansas City Place One Kansas City Place One Kansas City Place is the tallest building located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Avenue to the west, and Main Street to the east... |
624 ft (190.2 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=93 |
| One Metropolitan Square One Metropolitan Square One Metropolitan Square, also known as Met Square, or Met 1, is a skyscraper completed in 1989 in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. At , it is the tallest building in the city, and second tallest building in Missouri behind One Kansas City Place in Kansas City... |
593 ft (180.7 m). | St. Louis, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3668 |
| Town Pavilion Town Pavilion Town Pavilion is a 38-story skyscraper located at 1111 Main Street on the northeast corner of 12th and Main Streets in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, around the corner from Oppenstein Brothers Memorial Park. The tower occupies the former site of several retail buildings--including Kline's... |
591 ft (180.1 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7220 |
| AT&T Center (St. Louis) AT&T Center (St. Louis) One AT&T Center is a 44-story building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri on Chestnut Street on the Gateway Mall. It is Missouri's largest building by area with . It is located... |
588 ft (179.2 m). | St. Louis, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2941 |
| Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse | 557 ft (169.8 m). | St. Louis, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=78 |
| Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hyatt Regency Crown Center The Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center is a , 45-story hotel in the Crown Center complex in Kansas City, Missouri.The hotel opened on July 1, 1980 as the Hyatt Regency Kansas City and was Missouri's tallest building from 1980 to 1986... |
504 ft (153.6 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=556 |
| One US Bank Plaza One US Bank Plaza One US Bank Plaza is a 36-story building in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The building is topped by an antenna that raises the total building to . In the 1990s the Ambassador Building next to it was razed and became part of the building's plaza.The building has a Structural Expressionism style... |
484 ft (147.5 m). | St. Louis, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4202 |
| Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building The Kansas City Power and Light Building is a landmark skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri... |
481 ft (146.6 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=557 |
| 909 Walnut 909 Walnut 909 Walnut is a twin-spire, 32-story, converted structure in Kansas City that is Missouri's tallest apartment building and 10th tallest habitable building in Missouri... |
471 ft (143.6 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=560 |
| Kansas City City Hall Kansas City City Hall The City Hall of Kansas City, Missouri, is the official seat of government for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. It is a 29-story skyscraper located in downtown Kansas City, and has an observation deck on the top of it... |
445 ft (135.6 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=558 |
| 1201 Walnut 1201 Walnut The 1201 Walnut Building is a Skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, built by HNTB Architects in 1991. Found at the intersection of 12th and Walnut streets, it is the eighth tallest habitable structure in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, and the twelfth tallest habitable... |
427 ft (130.1 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=561 |
| Commerce Tower Commerce Tower Commerce Tower is a 30-story Skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Constructed in 1965, it is the ninth tallest habitable structure in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, and, since the completion of the City Hall, it was the first locally designed Skyscraper in Kansas City... |
421 ft (128.3 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=562 |
| The Plaza in Clayton | 409 ft (124.7 m). | Clayton, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4303 |
| City Center Square City Center Square City Center Square is a Skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, built by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, in Spring of 1977. It consumes the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street, to Baltimore Street. It is 30-stories tall, and uses a reinforced concrete structure... |
404 ft (123.1 m). | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=563 |
| Laclede Gas Building Laclede Gas Building The Laclede Gas Building is a 31-story building in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.An interesting fact about this building is that all power is generated in house using natural gas burning generators.... |
401 ft (122.2 m). | St. Louis, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4201 |
Missouri's tallest structures
| Name | Height feet / m |
Location | Links | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMOS Tower/Rohn Tower | 2000 ft (609.6 m). | Syracuse, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7070 | |
| KYTV Tower | 1999 ft (609.3 m). | Fordland, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6562 | |
| KYTV Tower 2 | 1996 ft (608.4 m). | Marshfield, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=46994 | |
| KOLR/KOZK Tower | 1960 ft (597.4 m). | Fordland, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7777 | |
| Raycom America Tower KFVS TV Mast KFVS TV Mast is a guyed mast that is 1677 feet tall. It was built in 1960 and is located in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA at 37°25′46″N, 89°30′14″W... |
1677 ft (511.1 m). | Cape Girardeau, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10372 | |
| KBSI Tower | 1567 ft (477.6 m). | Cape Girardeau, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1474 | |
Missouri's tallest chimneys
| Name | Height feet / m |
Location | Links | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Electric Stack #1 | 800 ft (243.8 m) | New Madrid, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25473 | |
| Iatan Power Plant Stack | 700 ft (213.4 m) | Iatan, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5929 | |
| Rush Island Power Station | 700 ft (213.4 m) | Rush Island, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3466 | |
| Labadie Power Station Units 3 & 4 | 700 ft (213.4 m) | Labadie, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3465 | |
| Labadie Power Station Unit 2 | 700 ft (213.4 m) | Labadie, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3464 | |
| Labadie Power Station Unit 1 | 700 ft (213.4 m) | Labadie, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3463 | |
| Sibley Generator Station Stack | 700 ft (213.4 m) | Sibley, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25533 | |
| Associated Electric Stack #2 | 630 ft (192 m) | New Madrid, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25474 | |
| Thomas Hill Chimney | 620 ft (189 m) | Clifton Hill, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=20029 | |
| Sioux Power Plant Stack #1 | 603 ft (183.8 m) | Portage Des Sioux, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25311 | |
| Sioux Power Plant Stack #2 | 603 ft (183.8 m) | Portage Des Sioux, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25475 | |
| Hawthorne Power Plant | 600 ft (182.9 m) | Kansas City, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7488 | |
| Callaway Cooling Tower | 553 ft (168.6 m) | Fulton, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1745 | |
| Herculaneum Smelter Stack | 550 ft (167.6 m) | Herculaneum, MO | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25704 |
History of Missouri's Tallest Habitable Buildings
| Rank | Name | Height feet / m |
Year | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Courthouse | 192 ft (58.5 m) | St. Louis, MO | 1864 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=12855 |
| Union Station (St. Louis) | 230 ft (70.1 m) | St. Louis, MO | 1894 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=12847 |
| Commerce Trust Building Commerce Trust Building Commerce Trust Building is a 17-story tower built for Kansas City Missouri's biggest bank Commerce Bancshares in 1906 and was Kansas City's first skyscraper.... |
258 ft (78.6 m) | Kansas City, MO | 1906 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=8459 |
| Railway Exchange Building Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis) The Railway Exchange Building is a , 21-story high-rise office building in St. Louis, Missouri connected to the now-defunct One City Center mall. The 1914 steel-frame building is in the Chicago school architectural style, and was designed by architect Mauran, Russell & Crowell... |
277 ft (84.4 m) | St. Louis, MO | 1914 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=12834 |
| Federal Reserve Bank Building 925 Grand 925 Grand is the former headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and was the oldest building in active use of any Federal Reserve Bank. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.... |
298 ft (90.8 m) | Kansas City, MO | 1921 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7498 |
| Southwestern Bell Building Southwestern Bell Building The Southwestern Bell Building is a 28-story building that was built to be the headquarters of Southwestern Bell Telephone in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri.At the time of its construction it was Missouri's tallest building.... |
397 ft (121 m) | St. Louis, MO | 1926 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=367 |
| Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building The Kansas City Power and Light Building is a landmark skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri... |
476 ft (145.1 m) | Kansas City, MO | 1931 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=557 |
| One US Bank Plaza One US Bank Plaza One US Bank Plaza is a 36-story building in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The building is topped by an antenna that raises the total building to . In the 1990s the Ambassador Building next to it was razed and became part of the building's plaza.The building has a Structural Expressionism style... |
484 ft (147.5 m) | St. Louis, MO | 1976 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4202 |
| Town Pavilion Town Pavilion Town Pavilion is a 38-story skyscraper located at 1111 Main Street on the northeast corner of 12th and Main Streets in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, around the corner from Oppenstein Brothers Memorial Park. The tower occupies the former site of several retail buildings--including Kline's... |
591 ft (180.1 m) | Kansas City, MO | 1986 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7220 |
| One Kansas City Place One Kansas City Place One Kansas City Place is the tallest building located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Avenue to the west, and Main Street to the east... |
624 ft (190.2 m) | Kansas City, MO | 1988 | http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6679 |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Kansas City
- List of tallest buildings in St. Louis
- List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- List of tallest buildings in Springfield, Missouri