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The tallest structures in the U.S. state of Missouri include a 2,000-foot (610 m) broadcasting tower, an 800-foot (240 m) chimney, a 630-foot (190 m) monument, and a 624-foot (190 m) office building.

Gateway Arch (48832444)
The tallest accessible structure in Missouri, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
One Kansas City Place KCMO
One Kansas City Place, 624 ft / 190.1m, tallest office building in Missouri

Missouri's tallest accessible buildings

Rank Name Image Height
feet / m		 Floors Year Location Links
1 Gateway Arch Gateway Arch (48832444).jpeg 630 ft (192 m) N/A 1965 St. Louis

Tallest monument and memorial in the United States
2 One Kansas City Place Kc-hr-block cropped.jpg 624 ft (190 m) 42 1988 Kansas City Tallest office building in Missouri; including spire, 199.3 m (654 ft).
3 One Metropolitan Square The one metropolitan square at night from the south.jpg 593 ft (181 m) 42 1989 St. Louis [1]
4 Town Pavilion Town Pavilion KCMO.jpg 591 ft (180 m) 38 1986 Kansas City [2]
5 909 Chestnut Street 909 chestnut street.jpg 588 ft (179 m) 46 1986 St. Louis [3]
6 Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse The Thomas Eagleton courthouse seen from enterprise center.jpg 557 ft (170 m) 29 2000 St. Louis [4]
7 Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center Hyatt Regency Crown Center Kansas City MO.jpg 504 ft (154 m) 45 1980 Kansas City Tallest hotel in Missouri
8 One US Bank Plaza One US Bank Plaza.jpg 484 ft (148 m) 36 1976 St. Louis [5]
9 Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building 1931.jpg 481 ft (147 m) 34 1931 Kansas City Converting to residential
10 909 Walnut 909 Walnut Kansas City MO.jpg 471 ft (144 m) 35 1931 Kansas City Tallest residential in Missouri and Midwest outside Chicago
11 Kansas City City Hall KC MO city hall.jpg 445 ft (136 m) 30 1937 Kansas City 4th-tallest City Hall in the world
12 Centene Centre 430 ft (130 m) 27 2019 Clayton [6]
13 1201 Walnut 1201 Walnut-Kansas City MO.jpg 427 ft (130 m) 30 1991 Kansas City [7]
14 Commerce Tower Commerce Tower, KC.jpg 421 ft (128 m) 32 1965 Kansas City Upper 20 floors converting to residential
15 The Plaza in Clayton 409 ft (125 m) 31 2002 Clayton [8]
16 City Center Square City Center Square Kansas City MO.jpg 404 ft (123 m) 30 1978 Kansas City [9]
17 Laclede Gas Building Laclede Gas Building.jpg 401 ft (122 m) 31 1969 St. Louis [10]

Missouri's tallest structures

Name Height
feet / m		 Image Location Links Year
KMOS Tower/Rohn Tower 2,000 ft (610 m) Syracuse [11]
KYTV Tower 1,999 ft (609 m) Fordland [12]
KYTV Tower 2 1,996 ft (608 m) Marshfield [13]
KOLR/KOZK Tower 1,960 ft (600 m) Fordland [14]
Raycom America Tower 1,677 ft (511 m) Cape Girardeau [15]
KBSI Tower 1,567 ft (478 m) Cape Girardeau [16]

Missouri's tallest chimneys

Name Height
feet / m		 Location Links Year
Associated Electric Stack #1 800 ft (240 m) New Madrid [17]
Iatan Power Plant Stack 700 ft (210 m) Iatan [18]
Rush Island Power Station 700 ft (210 m) Rush Island [19]
Labadie Power Station Units 3 & 4 700 ft (210 m) Labadie [20]
Labadie Power Station Unit 2 700 ft (210 m) Labadie [21]
Labadie Power Station Unit 1 700 ft (210 m) Labadie [22]
Sibley Generator Station Stack 700 ft (210 m) Sibley [23]
Associated Electric Stack #2 630 ft (190 m) New Madrid [24]
Thomas Hill Chimney 620 ft (190 m) Clifton Hill [25]
Sioux Power Plant Stack #1 603 ft (184 m) Portage Des Sioux [26]
Sioux Power Plant Stack #2 603 ft (184 m) Portage Des Sioux [27]
Hawthorne Power Plant 600 ft (180 m) Kansas City [28]
Callaway Cooling Tower 553 ft (169 m) Fulton [29]
Herculaneum Smelter Stack 550 ft (170 m) Herculaneum [30]

History of Missouri's tallest habitable buildings

Name Height
feet / m		 Location Year Links
Old Courthouse 194 ft (59 m) St. Louis 1864 [31]
Union Station 230 ft (70 m) St. Louis 1894 [32]
Commerce Trust Building 258 ft (79 m) Kansas City 1907 [33]
Railway Exchange Building 277 ft (84 m) St. Louis 1914 [34]
Federal Reserve Bank Building 298 ft (91 m) Kansas City 1921 [35]
Southwestern Bell Building 397 ft (121 m) St. Louis 1926 [36]
Kansas City Power and Light Building 476 ft (145 m) Kansas City 1931 [37]
One US Bank Plaza 484 ft (148 m) St. Louis 1976 [38]
Town Pavilion 591 ft (180 m) Kansas City 1986 [39]
One Kansas City Place 624 ft (190 m) Kansas City 1988 [40]

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